BHS Statistics
August 19, 1999
Quickie Questions
- What is a statistical pattern?
- How does a statistical pattern differ from a regular pattern?
- Jamie surveyed 10 randomly-selected groups of 5 students at BHS, asking
them to rank all their favorite singing groups. The Backstreet Boys were ranked
at least third in 6 of the 10 groups. In writing her report, she stated, "This
suggests that the Backstreet Boys will be ranked at least third around sixth-tenths
of the time." What does she mean by "six-tenths of the time?"
- Here is a blank screen from ProbSim, the computer program that we use to
generate randomly-selected samples from a population. Fill in the information
it will need in order to generate 20 random samples, each of size 10, from
a huge population of zebras, 2/3 of which are female and 1/3 of which are
male .