Wiki Page, Math 13 - Perez Sandbox : Module 19 - Introduction

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This is the beginning of Unit 8. Unit 8 includes Modules 19-21. Unit 8 concludes with the Unit 8 Checkpoint at the end of Module 21.

In Inference for One Proportion, we focus on making inferences about population proportions. The types of research questions we focus on in this module italicized in the text below. Notice that we are working with categorical variables again.

Examples of inference questions

Type of Question | Examples | Variable Type | Unit
Make an estimate about the population | What proportion of all U.S. adults support the death penalty? | Categorical variable | Inference for One Proportion
What is the average number of hours that community college students work each week? | Quantitative variable | Inference for Means
Test a claim about the population | Do the majority of community college students qualify for federal student loans? | Categorical variable | Inference for One Proportion
Has the average birth weight in a town decreased from 3,500 grams? | Quantitative variable | Inference for Means
Compare two populations | Are teenage girls more likely to suffer from depression than teenage boys? | Categorical variable | Inference for Two Proportions
In community colleges do female students have a higher average GPA than male students? | Quantitative variable | Inference for Means

We will build on what we learned in in the previous module with two additions.

We use more formal vocabulary and notation for hypothesis testing.

We will not know the population proportion, so we make some minor adjustments to the model of the sampling distribution that we developed previously. The adjustments affect how we calculate the standard error.

Here again is the Big Picture. We highlighted ideas new to Inference for One Proportion in purple.

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