Is There A Difference Unit Portfolio

Part 1: Unit Summary

Learning Statement
Tell the story of how you made sense of the different concepts throughout this unit. Be sure to hit all
of the following talking points, and include all activities/worksheets that are applicable. Y
ou must use
artifacts (worksheet, turn-in assignments, notes, class discussions) from this unit as evidence.
1. Discuss the concept of sample, population, hypothesis, null hypothesis and sample fluctuation
(Assignments: Try This Case, Who Gets Measles, Who Gets As, Quality of the Investigation,
Two Different Differences, Changing The Difference, Questions Without Answers, The
Dunking

Principle).
2. Discuss how to use standard deviation and normal distribution to determine whether a
difference is significant. (Assignments: Mean and Standard Deviation Problem Set, Bacterial
Culture, Decisions With Deviation)
3. Discuss how to calculate 2 and how it can be used to measure weirdness. ( Assignments:
How Does 2 Work?, Measuring Weirdness With 2 , A Probability Table, Late In the Day)
4. Discuss how to use proportional reasoning to determine expected values in a two population
case. (Assignments: What Would You expect?, Whos Absent?, Big and Strong, and
Delivering Results).
5. Discuss how to apply 2 to a two population and theoretical model problem. ( Assignments:
Paper or Plastic, Is it Really Worth It, Two Different Differences-Revisited)

Part 1: Unit Summary

Beautiful examples (Your assignment work here!
Evidence)

Amazing Narratives ( Answers to each of the

Discussion Questions)
1. Discuss the concept of sample,
population, hypothesis, null hypothesis
and sample fluctuation
- A sample population is a group of units
selected from a larger group ( the
population ). By studying the sample it is
hoped to draw valid conclusions about
the larger group.
- Sample fluctuation is the notion that if
you take different (random)samples from

a large population, you would expect to

see some variation in the data you
collected(you would not expect all
samples to be exactly the same).
Null Hypothesis : There is no difference
between the promotion of the release if
the artist goes on tour and the artist who
does not go on tour.
Hypothesis: There will be a difference in
the amount of income and popularity if
the artist goes on tour. The tour might
promote the artists album if they go on
tour.

2.Discuss how to use standard deviation and

normal distribution to determine whether a
difference is significant.
- The standard deviation of a set of data
measures how spread out the data is.
In other words, it tells you whether all the
data items bunch around close to or if
they are all over the place.

3. Discuss how to calculate 2 and how it can be

used to measure weirdness.
- Find the standard deviation of these
data: eg. 5,8,10,14,18
- Step 1: Find the mean
X = the mean
= sum of data items = 5+8+10+14+18
------------------------- -----------------------Number of data items
X = 55
____
X= 5
x= 11
- Step 2: Find the difference between each
data item and the mean
- Step 3: Square the difference.

Step 4: Find the average (mean) of these

squared differences
- x= mean= sum of the squared
differences
Number of squared differences
36+9+2+9+4a
104
----20.8 = x^2
4. Discuss how to use proportional reasoning to
determine expected values in a two population
case.

-v

1. x^2 = (observed - expected)^2

___________________
Expected
* compute the fraction each observed number
and add the results.
* The two examples on the left observed
numbers are related because their sum total
number of flips, and expected numbers for each
is half the total number of flips,
* x^2 = ( obs - exp )^2
(obs - exp)^2
----------------------- + ------------------Exp
Exp

5. Discuss how to apply 2 to a two population

and theoretical model problem.
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The

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Part 2: Putting it all together

How do you determine whether there is difference, statistically, between two samples from two
populations? Put another way how do you know that the difference isnt just sample fluctuation?
- Anonymous Visitor

How would you respond?