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Strayer, Jeremy; Matuszewski, Amber – Mathematics Teacher, 2016
In this article, Strayer and Matuszewski present a six-phase strategy that teachers can use to help students develop a conceptual understanding of inferential hypothesis testing through simulation. As Strayer and Matuszewski discuss the strategy, they describe each phase in general, explain how they implemented the phase while teaching their…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Hypothesis Testing, Simulation
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Koban, Lori; McNelis, Erin – Mathematics Teacher, 2008
Fantasy baseball, a game invented in 1980, allows baseball fans to become managers of pretend baseball teams. In most fantasy baseball leagues, participants choose teams consisting of major league players who they believe will do well in five offensive categories (batting average, home runs, runs batted in, stolen bases, and runs scored) or in…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Fantasy, Statistical Inference, Statistics
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Haigh, William E. – Mathematics Teacher, 1987
This article investigates two common methods of determining the line of best fit and then expands on the techniques used in these methods to find the line of best fit by graphing, estimating and using a microcomputer. (PK)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware, Graphs