“Learn By Doing” activities for our course materials.
Published: Feb 16th, 2013
The purpose of this activity is to use computer simulation to visually explore and reinforce the relationship between confidence and width, for confidence intervals. We will use an applet to […]
Published: Feb 16th, 2013
The purpose of this activity is to help give you a better understanding of the underlying reasoning behind the interpretation of confidence intervals. In particular, you will gain a deeper understanding of […]
Published: Feb 16th, 2013
A study was done on pregnant women who smoke during their pregnancies. In particular, the researchers wanted to study the effect that smoking has on pregnancy length. A sample of […]
Published: Feb 12th, 2013
The annual salary of teachers in a certain state X has a mean of $54,000 and standard deviation of σ = $5,000. http://phhp-faculty-cantrell.sites.medinfo.ufl.edu/files/2012/12/LBD_09013_152.swf http://phhp-faculty-cantrell.sites.medinfo.ufl.edu/files/2012/12/LBD_09014_152.swf This document is linked from Sampling […]
Published: Feb 12th, 2013
Recall our earlier scenario: The Federal Pell Grant Program provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate and certain postbaccalaureate students to promote access to postsecondary education. According to the National Postsecondary […]
Published: Feb 12th, 2013
The Federal Pell Grant Program provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate and certain postbaccalaureate students to promote access to postsecondary education. According to the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study conducted […]
Published: Feb 12th, 2013
The proportion of left-handed people in the general population is about 0.1. Suppose a random sample of 225 people is observed.
Published: Feb 11th, 2013
According to the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study conducted by the U.S. Department of Education in 2008, 62% of graduates from public universities had student loans. http://phhp-faculty-cantrell.sites.medinfo.ufl.edu/files/2012/12/LBD_09001_148.swf Hint http://phhp-faculty-cantrell.sites.medinfo.ufl.edu/files/2012/12/LBD_09002_148.swf […]
Published: Feb 9th, 2013
Recall the example from the last activity: According to the College Board website, the scores on the math part of the SAT (SAT-M) in a certain year had a mean […]
Published: Feb 9th, 2013
According to the College Board website, the scores on the math part of the SAT (SAT-M) in a certain year had a mean of 507 and standard deviation of […]