Sampling and hypothesis testing

There are 14 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Sampling and hypothesis testing
Snow and Cholera
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Snow and Cholera

Age
14 to 16
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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 ?
Counting Fish
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Counting Fish

Age
14 to 16
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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?
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?
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?