There is a sample calendar below with links to the (1) the Warm-ups, (2) the Activity, & (3) the PRE or POST homework that is related to the Activity. Note the the warm-ups will sometimes be directly linked to the prior or subsequent in-class activity (e.g. empirical rule); however, other times, they are not directly related (e.g. expected value).
Own Lesson indicates that there is not a current MT StatPAL activity for this topic. Use one of your existing lessons or search https://www.causeweb.org.
| Week | Topic | Warm-ups | Activity | Homework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data and Studies | What does a statistician do? | Helper or Hinderer? Significance Testing |
Populations and Samples (HH POST) |
| 1 | Qualitative Data and Center | Graphs and Descriptive Statistics (can finish for next class) [Data Set (xls)] |
Graphs and Descriptive Statistics (POST) | |
| 2 | Dispersion | Main Ideas | Own Lesson | |
| 2 | Measures of Position & Boxplots | Approximation of Mean and Median from Histograms | Own Lesson | Regression (PRE) |
| 3 | Correlation/ regression |
R^2 and Slope | Regression on the Rebound | |
| 3 | Regression review/ Review for Test | Regression Review | Own Lesson | |
| 4 | Test 1 | Own Lesson | ||
| 4 | Probability Rules & Independence | Close Reading | Probability | Probability (POST) |
| 5 | Conditional Probability | Probability of At Least One | Own Lesson | |
| 5 | Discrete Distributions | Own Lesson | ||
| 5 | Binomial Distribution (concepts) | Binomial Distribution | Binomial (POST) | |
| 6 | Binomial Distribution (problems) | Z-Scores | Own Lesson | |
| 6 | Properties of the Normal Distribution | The Empirical Rule | Own Lesson | |
| 6 | Applications of the Normal Distribution, Assessing Normality |
Binomial vs. Normal Distributions | Own Lesson | |
| 7 | Test 2 | |||
| 7 | Distribution of the Sample Mean, Central Limit Theorem |
Central Limit Theorem for Means | CLT (POST) | |
| 8 | Distribution of the Sample Proportion | Which Histogram? (Binomial for CLT) |
Own Lesson | |
| 8 | Estimating a Population Proportion | Scatterplot and Correlation | Own Lesson | Conf. Int (PRE) |
| 8 | “Understand” Confidence | Understanding “Confidence Level” [Data Set (xls)] |
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| 9 | Hypothesis Testing Concepts, Error | Expected Value | Own Lesson | Hypt Test (PRE) |
| 9 | Hypothesis Testing Proportions | Binomial Mean and Standard Deviation | Own Lesson | |
| 9 | Hypothesis Testing Proportions | P-Value: Bob & Tim | ||
| 10 | Test 3 | |||
| 10 | Hypothesis Testing Two Proportions | Confounding Variables | Own Lesson | |
| 11 | Estimating a Population Mean | CLT for Means | Own Lesson | |
| 11 | Hypothesis Testing Population Means | invNorm and invT | Own Lesson | |
| 11 | Hypothesis Testing Two Means Dependent |
Own Lesson | ||
| 12 | Hypothesis Testing Two Means Independent |
Independent Events | Own Lesson | 2 Sample Means (PRE) |
| 12 | Hypothesis Testing Two Means Independent |
Which Paper Towel is More Absorbent? | ||
| 12 | Hypothesis Testing of Two Means: Which Method? |
Kings in a Poker Hand | Own Lesson | |
| 13 | “Which Method” Day/Review | P-Value Definition | Method Matching | |
| 13 | Test 4 | |||
| 14 | Review for Final |
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