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- Why Worry About Sampling Variability? - Teacher Version (.doc)
- Why Worry About Sampling Variability? - Student Version (.pdf)
- Why Worry About Sampling Variability? - Student Version (.doc)
- Grade 7 Mathematics Module 5: Full Module Teacher Materials (.pdf)
- Grade 7 Mathematics Module 5: Full Module Student Materials (.pdf)
- Grade 7 Mathematics Module 5: Full Module Copy Ready Materials (.pdf)
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Are the means the same or not? Groups create samples from a bag of numbers and calculate the sample means. Using the sample means as an estimate for the population mean, scholars try to determine whether the difference is real or not.
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Instructional Ideas
- Complete the sequence of questions with bags A and B and then come back and do the different bag, C
Classroom Considerations
- The class needs to know how to plot data on a dot plot
- Prepare three sets of bags of numbers for each group
- 24th of a 25-part series
Pros
- The resource has templates needed to create the sampling bags
- Includes complete answers to the questions in the answer key
Cons
- The lesson notes reference two later lessons that are actually earlier in the series