Statistics and Probability: Making Inferences and Justifying Conclusions Archive

Understand statistics as a process for making inferences about population parameters based on a random sample from that population.*

Decide if a specified model is consistent with results from a given data-generating process, e.g., using simulation. For example,…

Recognize the purposes of and differences among sample surveys, experiments, and observational studies; explain how randomization relates to each.*

Use data from a sample survey to estimate a population mean or proportion; develop a margin of error through…

Use data from a randomized experiment to compare two treatments; use simulations to decide if differences between parameters are…

Evaluate reports based on data.*