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Confidence Intervals for Means

Subject Area
Math: Statistics: Confidence Intervals
Level
9-12
Activity Time
45 Minutes
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TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS
TI-Nspire Version
3.0
Resource Types
Lessons
Format
TNS

Confidence Intervals for Means

Activity Overview

This activity investigates generating a confidence interval for the mean of a random sample of size 100 from an unknown population.

Objectives

  • Students will interpret a confidence interval for a population mean as an estimated range of values that is likely to contain the actual population mean.
  • Students will recognize that a confidence interval is calculated from a set of sample data for samples selected from known populations.
  • Students will recognize that a confidence interval for a population parameter from an unknown population is based on knowing how statistics from samples drawn from known populations behave.

Subject Area
Math: Statistics: Confidence Intervals
Level
9-12
Activity Time
45 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS
TI-Nspire Version
3.0
Resource Types
Lessons
Format
TNS
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