Probability and Inferential Statistics · Data & Probability

Statistical Significance

Using p values and confidence intervals to evaluate the validity of experimental claims.

Key Questions

  1. 1What does it truly mean for a result to be statistically significant?
  2. 2How does the choice of confidence level affect the width of a confidence interval?
  3. 3Why can we never 'prove' a null hypothesis, but only fail to reject it?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.HSS.IC.A.2CCSS.Math.Content.HSS.IC.B.5
Grade: 12th Grade
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Probability and Inferential Statistics
Period: Data & Probability

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