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Vaughan, Timothy S. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2015
This paper introduces a dataset and associated analysis of the scores of National Football League (NFL) games over the 2012, 2013, and first five weeks of the 2014 season. In the face of current media attention to "lopsided" scores in Thursday night games in the early part of the 2014 season, t-test results indicate no statistically…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Success, Scores, Statistics
Ehrhardt, George – Journal of Statistics Education, 2013
This dataset contains the results of a quasi-experiment, testing Karl Pearson's "drunkard's walk" analogy for an abstract random walk. Inspired by the alternate hypothesis that drunkards stumble to the side of their dominant hand, it includes data on intoxicated test subjects walking a 10' line. Variables include: the…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Logical Thinking, Hypothesis Testing, Handedness
Duffy, Sean – Journal of Statistics Education, 2010
This paper describes three spreadsheet exercises demonstrating the nature and frequency of type I errors using random number generation. The exercises are designed specifically to address issues related to testing multiple relations using correlation (Demonstration I), t tests varying in sample size (Demonstration II) and multiple comparisons…
Descriptors: Spreadsheets, Class Activities, Statistics, Inferences
Lawton, Leigh – Journal of Statistics Education, 2009
Hypothesis testing is one of the more difficult concepts for students to master in a basic, undergraduate statistics course. Students often are puzzled as to why statisticians simply don't calculate the probability that a hypothesis is true. This article presents an exercise that forces students to lay out on their own a procedure for testing a…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Probability, Learning Activities, Statistics
Ancker, Jessica S. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2006
Statistical terms are accurate and powerful but can sometimes lead to misleading impressions among beginning students. Discrepancies between the popular and statistical meanings of "conditional" are discussed, and suggestions are made for the use of different vocabulary when teaching beginners in applied introductory courses.
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Probability, Statistics, Test Results
Andrews, Chris – Journal of Statistics Education, 2005
The sport of Ultimate has grown from parking lot fun to international competition in its 35 year existence. As in many sports, the team that scores is subsequently on defense. Thus the probability that a team will score next is dependent on which team has scored most recently. Unlike in many other sports, teams switch ends after each score. Thus…
Descriptors: Statistics, Probability, Team Sports, Hypothesis Testing