Questions tagged [statistics]
For questions about the practice or science of collecting and analysing numerical data in large quantities, for instance for the purpose of inferring proportions in a whole from those in a representative sample.
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Open-Source Math Textbooks
It seems to me that an open-source model could work quite well for textbooks, with issues being raised by the users of the book and different forks of the project being created for different ...
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Where can I find realistic data for college-level elementary statistics problems?
I'm creating a large number of practice problems for my statistics students. These problems are for an elementary stats course where students:
measure central tendency
measure dispersion
use linear ...
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Impressive common misleading interpretations in statistics to make students aware of
Statistics are used everywhere; politicians, companies, etc. argue with the help of statistics. Since calculations are needed for the interpretation of statistics, such things should be taught in ...
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Probability Misconception: Two Bags with Black and White Marbles
I asked this question in a class of 13-year-old students: Bag 1 contains 2 black marbles and 1 white one. Bag 2 contains 20 black marbles and 10 white ones. Which bag is more likely to yield a black ...
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In introductory statistics hypothesis testing, why not always use P-values?
A test statistic is a measure of significance of a data set with respect to a claim.
My statistics textbook is insistent that the students should be able to interpret the test statistic in two ...
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