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Peer reviewedZales, Charlotte Rappe; Colosi, Joseph C. – American Biology Teacher, 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
Peer reviewedEvans, Gwyn – Teaching Statistics, 1997
Demonstrates the advantages of a p-value as compared with a standard significance test procedure. Contains examples in the discussion of testing the mean of a normal distribution and testing a probability of proportion. (DDR)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
