Sampling and hypothesis testing

  • Chance of that
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    Chance of that

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    What's the chance of a pair of lists of numbers having sample correlation exactly equal to zero?
  • Counting Fish
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    Counting fish

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    I need a figure for the fish population in a lake. How does it help to catch and mark 40 fish?

  • Snow and Cholera
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    Snow and cholera

    Age
    14 to 16
    Challenge level
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    What information helped medical pioneers decide on the cause of a disease? Especially in a time before microscopes were as powerful as they are today ?
  • Statistics - maths of real life
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    Statistics - maths of real life

    Age
    14 to 18
    Challenge level
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    This pilot collection of resources is designed to introduce key statistical ideas and help students to deepen their understanding.
  • Very old man
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    Very old man

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Is the age of this very old man statistically believable?
  • Sleep: the silent killer
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    Sleep: the silent killer

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    "Too much sleep is deadly" proclaimed the newspaper headline. Is this true?
  • Robin's hypothesis testing
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    Robin's hypothesis testing

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    How many trials should we do in order to accept or reject our null hypothesis?