The statistical topic covered by this project is a 2-Sample Hypothesis testing. Mr. Kolbet's HS students picked a topic they were interested in studying and testing.
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| Mr. Kolbet going over requirements and expectations for their final project with Probability and Statistics students. |
Some example projects included:
Lucas H. looked at two 8-year time spans in Major League Baseball (the "steroid era" vs the non-steroid era). Lucas did a statistical test to see if the average amount of home runs were higher in the steroid era.
Brook and Kayla made brand name vs. generic brownies, and brand name vs. generic cake. They wanted to know if the percentage of people who could identify the brand name brownies was different than those who could identify the brand name cake.
Taylor K. did a study to see if the distance throwing a shotput standing still was different than the distance with a twirling motion.
Students were required to test their hypothesis and display their data to reveal their results. Most importantly Mr. Kolbet would check their data to see how well students applied the properties learned in statistics class. It is a great project and the topics the students cover is always very interesting. I really appreciate how Mr. Kolbet encourages students to showcase their knowledge and apply it to a real interest.
