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ERIC Number: EJ1101402
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-May
Pages: 7
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
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Innocent Until Proven Guilty
Case, Catherine; Whitaker, Douglas
Mathematics Teacher, v109 n9 p686-692 May 2016
In the criminal justice system, defendants accused of a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Statistical inference in any context is built on an analogous principle: The null hypothesis--often a hypothesis of "no difference" or "no effect"--is presumed true unless there is sufficient evidence against it. In this article the authors present an activity where students use simulations--with physical spinners and a computer applet--to introduce and explore the concept of statistical power.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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