Curriculum Map Statistics year 2018-19

Unit Title Duration Essential Understanding Essential Questions Content/Skills Assessment Resources
The Role of Statistics 1 week Students will understand that… 1. The role and necessity of Students will be skilled at… Quiz, Unit test Laptops,
and the data Analysis 1. The steps in the data analysis statistics and data 1.Distinguish between a population , Exit smart
Process process. analysis process. and a sample. questions phones,
2.Distinguish between categorical, worksheets,
BENCHMARKS discrete numerical and continuous while board,
numerical data. poster paper
1.1 Why Study 3.Construct a frequency distribution
Statistics? and a bar chart and describe the
1.2 The Nature and distribution of a categorical variable.
Role of Variability 4.Construct and dot plot and describe
1.3 Statistics and the the distribution of a numerical
Data Analysis Process variable.
1.4 Types of Data and
Some Simple Graphical
Displays statistical
analysis

Collecting data 2 weeks Students will understand that… 1. How can statistics help us Students will be skilled at… Quiz, Unit test Laptops,
sensibly 1. There is a difference between a make inferences about the 1. Conduct simple experimental and , Exit smart
census and a sample. population of interest? observational studies using sampling questions phones,
BENCHMARKS 2. That the types of conclusion that 2. What aspects of the methods. worksheets,
can be drawn from data depend on sample collection process are 2. Design elements to reduce bias while board,
2.1 Statistical studies: the way data are collected. important? and confounding variables. poster paper
Observation and 3. That bias may be present when 3. Why is sampling vital to 3. Identify different types of data
experimentation data are collected from a sample. the success of the data sets.
4. Why random selection is an analysis process?
2.2 Sampling important component of a sample
plan.
2.3 Simple comparative 5. Why random assignment is
experiments important when collecting data in an
experiment.
2.4 Experimental 6. The purpose of a control group and
design. blinding in an experiment.

2.5 Interpreting and

communicating the
results of statistical
analysis
Graphical Methods 2 weeks Students will understand that… 1. How can data displays be Students will be skilled at… Quiz, Unit test Laptops,
for Describing Data 1. That selecting an appropriate used to quickly and 1. Construct and interpret graphical , Exit smart
graphical display depends on the data effectively describe data? displays of categorical data: pie questions phones,
BENCHMARKS types. 2. What types of characters charts and segmented bar chart. worksheets,
2. How a graphical display of are we looking for in data 2. Construct and interpret graphical while board,
3.1 Displaying numerical data is described in terms displays? displays of numerical data: stem-and- poster paper
categorical data of center, shape and spread. leaf displays, histograms and relative
3. How a scatterplot is used to frequency graphs.
3.2 Displaying investigate the relationship between 3. Construct and interpret graphical
Numerical Data: Stem- two numerical variables. displays designed to compare groups:
and-leaf display 4. How time series plots are used to compare bar charts and comparative
investigate trend over time. stem-and-leaf display.
3.3 Displaying 4. Construct and interpret a
Numerical Data: scatterplot of bivariate numerical
Frequency distribution data.
and histograms. 5. Construct and interpret a time
series plot.
3.4 Displaying
Bivariate Numerical
data.

3.5 Interpreting and

communicating the
results of Statistical
Analyses.
Numerical Methods 2 weeks Students will understand that… 1. How can describing the Students will be skilled at… Quiz, Unit test Laptops,
for describing Data 1. How the variance and standard center, shape, and spread of a 1. Compute and interpret the values , Exit smart
deviation describe variability in a data set be useful in drawing of the sample mean and the sample questions phones,
BENCHMARKS data set. conclusions about a median. worksheets,
2. The impact that outliers can have population? 2. Compute and interpret the values while board,
4.1 Describing the on measures of center and spread. 2. Why is knowing the of the sample standard deviation and poster paper
center of a data set. 3. The difference between a sample variation (standard deviation) the interquartile range.
statistic and population characteristic. of a data set important in 3. Construct and interpret a boxplot.
4.2 Describing summarizing data? 4. Identify outliers in numerical data.
variability in a data set. 5. Use Chebyshev's Rule and the
Empirical Rule to make statements
4.3 Summarizing a data about a data distribution.
set: Boxplots 6. Use percentiles and Z scores to
describe relative standing.
4.4 Interpreting center
and variability:
Chebyshev’s Rule, the
Empirical Rule and Z
Scores.

4.5 Interpreting and

Communicating the
results of statistical
Analyses.

Summarizing 2 weeks Students will understand that… 1. How does fitting a linear Students will be skilled at… Quiz, Unit test Laptops,
Bivariate data 1. That the relationship between two regression line work? 1. Informally describe the form, , Exit smart
numerical variables can be described 2. How are correlation and direction, and strength of a linear questions phones,
BENCHMARKS in terms of form, strength, and causation related? relationship based on a scatterplot. worksheets,
direction. 2. Compute and interpret the value of while board,
5.1 Correlation 2. The difference between a the correlation coefficient. poster paper
statistical relationship and a causal 3. Find the equation of the least-
5.2 Linear Regression relationship. squares regression line and interpret
Fitting a line of 3. How a line is used to describe the the slope and intercept in context.
Bivariate Data relationship between two numerical 4. Use the least-square regression
variables. line to make predictions.
5.3 Assessing the fit of
a line

Probability 2 weeks Students will understand that… 1. How can understanding Students will be skilled at… Quiz, Unit test Laptops,
1. Basic properties of probability probability affect our 1. Interpret a probability in context as , Exit smart
BENCHMARKS 2. What is means for two events to be decision making? a long-run relative frequency of questions phones,
mutually exclusive occurrence. worksheets,
6.1 chance experiments 3. What is means for two events to be 2. Identify the sample space for a while board,
and events independent. given chance experiment. poster paper
4. The difference between an 3. Calculate the probability of events,
6.2 definition of unconditional and conditional including events that are the union
probability probability. of, the intersection of, or the
complement of other events.
6.3 Basic properties of 4. Calculate conditional probability.
probability

6.4 Conditional
Probability

6.5 Independence
Random variables 2 weeks Students will understand that… 1. How can random variables Students will be skilled at… Quiz, Unit test Laptops,
and probability 1. That a probability distribution be used to collect the 1. Distinguish between discrete and , Exit smart
distributions describes the long-run behavior of a probabilities of similar continuous random variables. questions phones,
random variable. events? 2. Construct the probability worksheets,
BENCHMARKS 2. That areas under a density curve 2. When is data considered distribution of a discrete random while board,
for a continuous random variable are normally distributed and variable. poster paper
7.1 Random variables interpreted as probabilities. when can z-scores be used? 3. Compute and interpret the mean
and standard deviation of a discrete
7.2 Probability random variable.
distributions for 4. Distinguish between binomial and
discrete random geometric random variables.
variables. 5. Compute and interpret binomial
probability.
7.3 Probability 6. Find an area under a normal curve
Distributions for and interpret this area as a
continuous Random probability.
Variables.

7.4 Mean and Standard

Deviation of a Random
Variable.

7.5 Binomial and

Geometric
Distributions.

7.6 Normal
Distributions
Sampling variability 2 weeks Students will understand that… 1. What characteristics of Students will be skilled at… Quiz, Unit test Laptops,
and sampling 1. The value of a sample statistic sampling distributions allow 1. Describe general properties of the , Exit smart
distributions varies from sample to sample. us to make inferences about a sampling distribution of x ̅ questions phones,
2. The sampling distribution population? 2. Describe general properties of the worksheets,
BENCHMARKS describes sample to sample 2. Why is it important that sampling distribution of p ̂ while board,
variability in the values of a statistic. certain conditions be met 3. Determine when the sampling poster paper
8.1 Statistic and 3. How the standard deviations of the before making inferences? distribution of x ̅ and p ̂ is
sampling variability sampling distributions of x ̅ and p ̂ approximately normal.
are related to sample size. 4. Use the properties of the sampling
8.2 The sampling distribution to reason informally
distribution of a sample about the value of a population mean
mean. or a population proportion.
8.3 The sampling
distribution of a sample
proportion
Estimation Using a 2 weeks Students will understand that… 1. How can a sample size be Students will be skilled at… Quiz, Unit test Laptops,
single sample 1. What is means for a statistic to be determined for a study that 1. construct and interpret a , Exit smart
an unbiased estimator of a population would place your results confidence interval for a population questions phones,
BENCHMARKS characteristic. within a specified error? proportion. worksheets,
2. The relationships between sample 2. Construct and interpret a while board,
9.1 Point Estimation size, margin of error, and the width confidence interval for a population poster paper
9.2 Large-Sample of a confidence interval. mean.
confidence interval for 3. The factors that affect the width of 3. Determine the sample size
a Population Proportion a confidence interval. necessary to achieve a desired bound
9.3 Confidence Interval 4. The meaning of the confidence on error when estimating a
for a Population Mean level associated with a confidence population proportion or a population
9.4 Interpreting and interval. mean.
communicating the
results of Statistical
Analyses.
Hypothesis testing 2 weeks Students will understand that… 1. How can the statistical Students will be skilled at… Quiz, Unit test Laptops,
using a single sample 1. That rejecting the null hypothesis method of hypothesis testing 1. Translate a research question into , Exit smart
implies strong support for the prove or disprove a given null hypothesis and alternative questions phones,
BENCHMARKS alternative hypothesis. hypothesis statement? hypothesis worksheets,
2. Why failing to reject the null 2. What is meant by 2. Describe Type I and Type II errors while board,
10.1 Hypothesis and hypothesis does not imply strong statistically significant? in context. poster paper
Test procedures. support for the null hypothesis. 3. How can hypothesis 3. Carry out a large-sample z test for
3. There is a possibility of making a testing be used to find out if a population proportion and interpret
10.2 Errors in Type I or Type II error when a difference between two the result in context.
Hypothesis Testing conducting a hypothesis test. samples is greater than a 4. Carry out a t test for population
4. Tests can be performed using the given value? mean and interpret the results in
10.3 Large-sample critical value approach or the p-value context.
Hypothesis tests for a approach. 5. Describe the effects of the
population proportion 5. The level of significance is the significance level and sample size on
total area in the rejection region. the power of a test.
10.4 Hypothesis test for
a Population mean.