In this lesson, students can explore the techniques of census and population counting by inferring numbers of a virtual population illustrated within a rectangular sampling grid, and observing the accuracy of the technique in relation to the sample size the estimate are based on.

Concepts

data analysis

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Additional Tags

census, data gathering, population counts, population sampling, sampling in research, analyzing data

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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Common Core

7.SP.A.1 7.SP.A.2