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How many of the pupils at your school think selling soda would be a good idea? Show learners how to develop a study to answer questions like these! The instructional activity explores the meaning of a population versus a sample and how to interpret the results of sample data using a population mean or proportion to represent the data.
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Instructional Ideas
- Collect data from the school population to model create a sample
- Use the scaffolding suggestions to differentiate within your classroom
Classroom Considerations
- Lesson builds from the concepts in the previous lessons in the series
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- Provides a set of practice problems for independent practice
- Includes an opening and closing exercise with a worked-out solution key
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