The curriculum standards addressed in the unit are contained in the fourth strand of the Connecticut Department of Education's Mathematics Curriculum Framework:
Working with Data: Probability and Statistics
Data can be analyzed to make informed decisions using a variety of strategies, tools and technologies.
In addition, this unit addresses the following standards recommended by the National Council on the Teaching of Mathematics (NCTM)
…understand the differences among various kinds of studies and which types of inferences can legitimately be drawn from each. (We will look at surveys, experiments and observational studies and examine cases where we can draw inferences about causation, and where we can draw inferences about population proportions and means.)
…know the characteristics of well-designed studies, including the role of randomization in surveys and experiments
…use simulations to explore the variability of sample statistics from a known population
…construct sampling distributions to understand how sample statistics reflect the values of population parameters
…use sampling distributions as the basis for informal inference
…evaluate published reports that are based on data by examining the design of the study, the appropriateness of the data analysis, and the validity of conclusions
