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ERIC Number: EJ576235
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-7685
An Exercise Where Students Demonstrate the Meaning of "Not Statistically Significantly Different."
Zales, Charlotte Rappe; Colosi, Joseph C.
American Biology Teacher, v60 n8 p596-600 Oct 1998
Presents a quick and simple exercise that demonstrates what is meant by the term "statistically insignificant." Demonstrates the bell curve distribution, the relationship of a sample to the population it is supposed to estimate, and the t-test. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biology, Data Analysis, Higher Education, Science Activities, Scientific Methodology, Secondary Education, Statistical Significance, Statistics
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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