Inference for Matched Pairs
Provided by: Skew the Script|Published on: June 22, 2023|Last updated: September 26, 2026
Grades: 11, 12, AP
Type: Lesson Plans
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Mathematics
Authors: Skew the Script
Location: Earth
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Synopsis
- This statistics lesson plan is useful for teaching students about "cherry-picked" data, how to create a randomized chart with a matched-pairs structure, and how to calculate a one-sample t-interval.
- This lesson displays how "cherry-picked" data has been used by climate skeptics, the usefulness of a randomized chart with a matched-pairs structure, and how to analyze t-interval calculations of a data set.
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This lesson plan has an excellent discussion question about popular media's coverage of climate change.
- This lesson plan shows the importance of statistical literacy.
- The resource includes a video with accompanying guided notes, a student handout, and a teacher's key.
Additional Prerequisites
- Teachers and students may create a free account for unlimited access to the materials.
- Students need to know what an arithmetic mean is.
Differentiation
- This lesson plan could supplement a classroom discussion on which organizations are fueling climate change denial and what their motivations are.
- This lesson plan could enhance a classroom discussion on the American government's effectiveness at arming children with statistical, scientific, and mathematic literacy.
- For the open-ended questions in this lesson plan, it may be wise to go over them as a class in order to analyze comprehension and address misconceptions.
- This lesson plan could augment a classroom discussion on the importance of scientific expertise when discussing climate change.
- The resource provides guidance on how to align the lesson with the AP Statistics course.
The video provides convincing scientific evidence about global warming after testing stations' temperature data. This completely refutes the misleading information by climate skeptics and deniers. There is a high confidence to use this resource for teaching.
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