Education Technology


Goodness-Of-Fit

Activity Overview

Students test claims of whether given distributions "fit" theoretical distributions. Students will work through two problems, one in which the theoretical proportions of each category are the same and one in which they are not. Students will use spreadsheets to calculate test statistics and the Integral tool to calculate P-values. They check their calculations by using the chi square goodness-of-fit test.

Key Steps

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    Encourage students to summarize what they have learned from completing the activity.

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    Download the attached PDF and look over the information on the first page. Download and distribute the attached TI-Nspire document (.tns file) and Student Worksheet for use during the activity. A TI-Nspire document containing expected student results is also available for download.

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    Discuss the material from the activity pages and worksheet with students as needed.