Statistical Inference and Data Analysis · Data & Probability

Margin of Error and Confidence

Calculating how much a sample statistic is likely to differ from a population parameter.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why can we never be 100 percent certain of a population parameter based on a sample?
  2. 2How does increasing the sample size affect our confidence in the results?
  3. 3What does it mean for a result to be statistically significant?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.HSS.IC.B.4
Grade: 11th Grade
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Statistical Inference and Data Analysis
Period: Data & Probability

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