Sampling and hypothesis testing

  • Snow and Cholera
    problem

    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 ?
  • Counting Fish
    problem

    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?

  • Very old man
    problem

    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
    problem

    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?