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Square Squid Squad Sampler

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COMBINED RATING

4.0 Stars

TEACHERS (3)

4.3

STUDENTS (746)

3.7

LENGTH

11 Minutes

GRADES

6
7
8

CAPABILITIES

ES
Spanish Language Support
Text-to-Speech Support

Description

Take to the seas and estimate the means of squads of square squid! Learn different methods for finding population statistics.

Vocabulary Words

sample
random sample
sample size
bias
estimate
population mean
row sample
square sample
cell sample
sample set
variability
mean
median
data

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Draw Inferences From Random Sample. Suitable for Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Random sampling allows results from a sample to be generalized to a much larger body of data.
Random sampling is a fair way to select a subset (a sample) of the set of interest (the population).
At random refers to all outcomes having equal chances of being picked.
Data is the information gathered from statistical questions.
Statistical Questions anticipate and generate data that varies.
Observe the interests of random samples and make inferences about a population.
A statistic computed from a random sample, such as the mean of the sample, can be used as an estimate of that same characteristic of the population from which the sample was selected.
Conclusions drawn from random samples generalize beyond the sample to the population from which the sample was selected.
Random sample sized will yield results that are within a certain percentage of error.
The variability in samples can be studied by means of simulation.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

When working with data, was is the "mean" of the data? If you had a sample of data with numbers 18, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, and 32, what would the mean be? What is the advantage of estimation when trying to order something?

After the Game

What is meant by "sampling?" What are different ways that you sampled data in the earlier part of the game? What effect does random sampling have on the data collected? In the game, what difference did sample size make? Was a larger or smaller sample size better? What is meant by a biased sample? How did the game show you that random sampling is the method with the least bias and, therefore the most accurate? What were some ways to improve our estimate of the squids' weight? How did the game show you the advantage of using a large sample size?

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Game Details

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Lexile Level

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