This article demonstrates how textbooks differ in their description of the term "experimental unit". Advanced Placement Statistics teachers and students are often limited in their statistical knowledge by the information presented in their classroom textbook. Definitions and descriptions differ among textbooks as well as among different…

The purpose of these modules is to provide an introduction to the world of probability and statistics to accelerated mathematics students at the high school level. The modules also introduce students to real world math concepts and problems that property and casualty actuaries come across in their work. They are designed to be used by teachers and…

The project was designed to study factors within secondary schools that tend to affect young women's enrollment, perseverance, and achievement in extensive programs in mathematics, since mathematics is the "critical filter" to entrance and advancement in an increasing number of academic and professional fields. A sample of eight high…