Our inference trifecta lessons combine three powerful components for teaching statistical inference:

  • Experience-based activities - to give students an intuitive feel for the processes underlying inference methods

  • Computer simulation -  to take those student experiences to scale, without going immediately into formulas

  • Relevant lesson contexts - to drive student engagement by giving them a real stake in the inferences they make with data

Whenever you see the above logo on a lesson page, you’ll know it’s an inference trifecta lesson. These lessons usually have a different format than our standard lessons, so we provide teacher guide videos on the lesson pages, which walk through the lesson materials and how to use them.

 

All Inference Trifecta Lessons

Statistical Concepts Covered

  • Sampling distributions (general concept)

  • Comparing an observation to random draws

Relevant Topics Covered

  • Gerrymandering


Statistical Concepts Covered

  • p vs. p(hat)

  • Sampling Dist. for a Proportion

  • Sample Size and Spread

Relevant Topics Covered

  • Can a person smell Parkinson’s disease?

  • Can a machine smell Parkinson’s disease?


Statistical Concepts Covered

  • Sampling Distribution for a Mean

  • Central Limit Theorem

  • Conditions for Sampling Means

Relevant Topics Covered

  • Veteran mental health appointment wait times

  • Warning: Lesson mentions veteran suicide data


Statistical Concepts Covered

  • Point Estimates & Margins of Error

  • Interpreting a Confidence Interval

  • Interpreting a Confidence Level

Relevant Topics Covered

  • Political Polling

  • Polling Errors


Statistical Concepts Covered

  • 95% Interval for One Proportion

  • Four Step Process for Inference

Relevant Topics Covered

  • Flint Water Crisis

  • Environmental Science

  • Chemical Engineering


Statistical Concepts Covered

  • Constructing Hypotheses

  • Logic of Hypothesis Tests

  • p-values, Alpha Levels, Conclusions

Relevant Topics Covered

  • Basketball

  • Was there a “home court” advantage in the NBA Bubble?