Online – Statistics for Teaching Science Part 1: Measuring and Reporting Uncertainty
All measurements include some degree of uncertainty or error, but how it is reported is decided by the person collecting the data. Because analysis is dependent on the data collected, the method used to report error can substantially impact the strength of the claims made and conclusions drawn. In this workshop, we will explore five […]
Online – Statistics for Teaching Science: Part 2 The Problem with Describing Data Using the Mean
Often by middle school and certainly by high school, students default to the mean as the best way to describe data without much consideration for how they might defend that choice. So, you might think, what’s the harm in that? Everyone knows what is meant by this descriptor, it is familiar and understandable, easy to […]
Online – Stats for Science: Part 3 Getting Comfortable with Variance, Standard Deviation, Standard Error of the Mean, and the 95% Confidence Interval
The variance, standard deviation, and standard error of the mean are excellent methods for describing data because they convey the variability of the observed data around the mean. Anyone teaching AP, IB, Pre-AP, Pre-IB, or college-bound science students will likely want to know how to calculate these values, what they indicate, and how to contextualize […]
Online – Statistics for Teaching Science: Part 4 Expressing Error on a Graph
Error bars are placed on a graph to give a more detailed account of what was observed. Although there are many descriptors that can be used to draw error bars, in each case the value is used to express the uncertainty or variability of the data. Error bars created from certain calculations are especially informative […]
Online – Statistics for Teaching Science: Part 5 Hypothesis Testing Using Chi-squared Analysis
Parts 5-8 continue the Statistics for Science series to include the skills required in high school Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) science courses. In these workshops, we will learn how and when to use each of the most common statistical tests that are used to test hypotheses. A hand-calculation will be done using […]
Online – Statistics for Teaching Science: Part 6 Hypothesis Testing Using the Student’s t-test
Parts 5-8 continue the Statistics for Science series to include the skills required in high school Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) science courses. In these workshops, we will learn how and when to use each of the most common statistical tests that are used to test hypotheses. A hand-calculation will be done using […]
Online – Statistics for Teaching Science: Part 7 Hypothesis Testing Using Tests of Correlation
Parts 5-8 continue the Statistics for Science series to include the skills required in high school Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) science courses. In these workshops, we will learn how and when to use each of the most common statistical tests that are used to test hypotheses. A hand-calculation will be done using […]
Online – Statistics for Teaching Science: Part 8 Choosing the Most Appropriate Statistics for Your Data
This is the culminating workshop for the Statistics for Advanced Level Science series. In this session, we will compare the application of different hypothesis tests and discuss how more than one type of statistical analysis may be appropriate for the same set of data. We will look for the key components of research questions or […]
In-person – Summer Workshop – Morning Session: Leading Students Through Independent Investigations
University of North Carolina Asheville 1 University Heights, Asheville, North Carolina, United StatesThis 5-day in-person workshop will be held Monday-Friday 8:00am-11:30am, July 24-28 on the University of North Carolina Asheville campus in Room 226 on the 2nd floor of Zeis Hall. The purpose of this session is to help teachers lead students through the scientific process in courses where students are expected to conduct their own experiments […]
In-person – Summer Workshops – Afternoon Session: Teaching Data Analysis Using Graphs and Statistics
University of North Carolina Asheville 1 University Heights, Asheville, North Carolina, United StatesThis 5-day, in-person workshop will be held Monday-Friday 1:30pm-5:00pm, July 24-28 on the University of North Carolina Asheville campus in Room 226 on the 2nd floor of Zeis Hall. The purpose of this session is to help teachers lead students through data analysis using graphic methods and statistical hypothesis tests. Participants in this workshop will […]