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White, Simon R.; Bonnett, Laura J. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2019
The statistical concept of sampling is often given little direct attention, typically reduced to the mantra "take a random sample". This low resource and adaptable activity demonstrates sampling and explores issues that arise due to biased sampling.
Descriptors: Statistical Bias, Sampling, Statistical Analysis, Learning Activities
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Menil, Violeta C.; Ye, Ruili – MathAMATYC Educator, 2012
This study serves as a teaching aid for teachers of introductory statistics. The aim of this study was limited to determining various sample sizes when estimating population proportion. Tables on sample sizes were generated using a C[superscript ++] program, which depends on population size, degree of precision or error level, and confidence…
Descriptors: Sample Size, Probability, Statistics, Sampling