Learning Target:
I can understand and use data distribution vocabulary to interpret the effectiveness of a sample, determine a correct sample size, and make predictions from an unbiased sample.
CCSS:
7.SP.1 Understand that statistics can be used to gain information about a population by examining a sample of the population; generalizations about a population from a sample are valid only if the sample is representative of that population. Understand that random sampling tends to produce representative samples and support valid inferences.
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Online Practice:
https://www.sophia.org/concepts/identifying-the-sample-and-population
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-7/identify-representative-random-and-biased-samples
http://www.ck12.org/statistics/Sampling-methods/lesson/Sampling-methods-ALG-I/
Using Samples to Predict
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