AP Statistics
Unit 6 Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Tests for Sample Proportions
Unit 6-1 Confidence Intervals for Sample Proportions
Outline
- Distinguish between biased and unbiased statistics
- Construct confidence intervals for population proportions
- Calculate probabilities based on the distribution of x̄.
- Correctly interpret confidence intervals and confidence levels
- Relate margin of error and sample size
- Assignment 6-1: Pg. 293 #1-5
Unit 6-2 Single Sample Hypothesis Tests for a Population
Proportion
Outline
- Conduct a test of significance for a population proportion.
- Assignment 6-2: Pg. 289 #1-7
Unit 6-3 Errors in Hypothesis Testing
Outline
- Type I Error - Probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis
- Type II Error - Probability of failing to reject a false null hypothesis
- Consequences of each error in context
- Power and the probability of a Type II error
- Assignment 6-3: Pg 297 #1-3
Unit 6-4 Two Proportion Confidence Intervals & Hypothesis Tests
Outline
- Running a hypothesis test for the difference in means between two proportions.
- Construct a confidence interval for the difference in means between two proportions.
- Assignment 6-4: Pg 304 #1-3