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Equally Likely (Fair) Choice D...	Designing Experiments (Probability & Statistics)+	Calculator	Support Material	[0]
The proper meaning of the term "fair." More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Random Number Generators Dialo...	Designing Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Calculator	Support Material	[0]
Different methods for random fair choice between several numbers. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Data and Story Library	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Computer	Support Material	[1]
Teachers use examples to illustrate statistics concepts. A good example can make a lesson on a particular statistics method vivid and relevant. DASL is designed to help teachers locate and identify da... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Simplesim	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Computer	Tool	[0]
Simplesim is suited for modelling of non-analytic relations in systems which are causal in the sense that different courses of events interact in a way that is difficult to see and understand. Exam... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
A Graphical Analysis of M&M�s ...	Designing Samples (Probability & Statistics)	Excel	Lesson Plan	[0]
Students will create bar graphs and pie graphs, use these graphs and the statistical calculations done in a previous activity to compare individual data with class data and discuss the effect of sampl... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Beer Consumption Demographics	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This activity on beer consumption explores the idea that 20-to-24-year-olds account for variations over time in amount of beer consumed. The data for this activity is included with Fathom... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Beer Consumption Demographics ...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This activity (in French) on beer consumption explores the idea that 20-to-24-year-olds account for variations over time in amount of beer consumed. The data for this activity is included... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Biased Rectangles?	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Lesson Plan	[1]
Students explore one example of how bias affects the mean. This simulation increases students' understanding of the significance of sample size on the calculation of the mean. Exploring t... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Education Level and Smoking	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
An activity looking at the relationship between education level and smoking courtesy of Joel Yan of Statistics Canada. There are instructions for downloading from StatCan, or use the Fathom file wi... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Educational Attainment and Inc...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
An activity (French version) using the E-STAT web site�s access to census data, looking at the correlation between educational attainment and income. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Educational Attainment and Inc...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
An activity using the E-STAT web site�s access to census data, looking at the correlation between educational attainment and income. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Exploring Relationships betwee...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
What are the advantages of staying in school? From time to time, students wonder whether their academic efforts will be useful to them in the long term. Students will attempt to determine if there ... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Linear Languages: Ontario's Mo...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This activity involves looking at the numbers of speakers of English, French, and (the ubiquitous category) Other Languages in each area of Ontario, Canada. Can you predict relationships between to... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Links to Data	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Support Material	[0]
Key Curriculum Press has organized an area with links to data sets for use with their Fathom software. They are listed under these headings: Collections of Data Sets Sites with Li... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
L�utilisation des Technologies...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This (French version) is from a Technology Use dataset in Fathom which contains 82 attributes for 1,000 randomly selected Canadians of 15 and over. The data were extracted from the General Social S... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Quadratic Power Baby Boom Acti...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This activity shows the steps for transferring births data from Statistics Canada's huge E-STAT database into Fathom and fitting a quadratic curve for the baby boom time period. The data ... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Technology Use in Canada: Who ...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This is from a Technology Use dataset in Fathom which contains 82 attributes for 1,000 randomly selected Canadians of 15 and over. The data were extracted from the General Social Survey cycle 14 on... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Technology Use in Canada: Who ...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This is from a Technology Use dataset in Fathom which contains 82 attributes for 1,000 randomly selected Canadians of 15 and over. The data were extracted from the General Social Survey cycle 14 on... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Youth Survey	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This activity involves looking at the results of the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), which asked Canadians ages 10 to 13 about their attitudes toward and experi... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Youth Survey (French version)	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This activity (in French) involves looking at the results of the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), which asked Canadians ages 10 to 13 about their attitudes towar... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Furbles	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Flash	Tool	[2]
Furbles are fun and engaging creatures for use on interactive whiteboards with students of all ages. They were originally designed for statistics, probability and logic to teach students about char... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Galton's Quincunx	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Flash	Tool	[0]
Francis Galton was a pioneer in the study of heredity and statistics. His quincunx (a pattern of five dots, as on dice) is modeled in this Flash activity. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
A Better Fire!	Designing Experiments (Probability & Statistics)+	Java Applet	Tool	[3]
See the chaos theory played out in forest fire simulations. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Ball and Urn Experiment	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[1]
Simulates drawing balls from an urn, with or without replacement. Specify number of balls, number of red balls, and number drawn. Requires a MathPlayer plugin (free). More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Ball-Mixing Activity: 4 Balls ...	Simulating Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[1]
We have 4 balls--2 reds and 2 greens. We drop them randomly into 2 boxes. Are the colors mixed or separate? Use this applet to experiment. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
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