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 2: Putting it all together

Imagine a visitor from another school came up to you and saw you working on the Is There A
Difference unit and asked you the following question:
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?
How would you respond?

Part 1: Unit Summary

Beautiful examples (Your assignment work here!

Amazing Narratives ( Answers to each of the

Evidence)

Discussion Questions)
1. Discuss the concept of sample,
population, hypothesis, null hypothesis
and sample fluctuation

2.Discuss how to use standard deviation and

normal distribution to determine whether a
difference is significant.

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

used to measure weirdness.

4. Discuss how to use proportional reasoning to

determine expected values in a two population
case.

5. Discuss how to apply 2 to a two population

and theoretical model problem.

The

End

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?