Mrs. Smart's AP
Statistics Assignments
Unit 8 Assignments: Inference for Proportions
Day 1: "I'm
95% Confident You'll Be Mine" worksheet, and instructions.
Confidence intervals for single
proportions, using Necco's conversation hearts candy. Read p.
586-592.
Day 2: Read: p. 592-592. Do: p. 598 #10-14,17,20-26 except 24: Choosing sample size, significance tests for proportions
Day 3: Read: p. 601-609. Do: p. 609 #27-29,31,32,34,36: Two-proportion z-tests
Day 4: "Significant and Substantial" worksheet 80%
rule and Mendel's too perfect results. See Gary Smith's
Introduction to Statistical Reasoning, p. 356-357 and p.
422-423.
Day 5: "What to do, what to do..." worksheet: Choosing appropriate tests
Day 6: "What
Did that Say?" worksheet: fun cryptogram activity
using expected frequencies of letters.