Statistics Activity: Confidence Intervals

Statistics Activity: Exploring confidence levels in a confidence interval with M&M™ candy

In this activity, students will create 10 confidence intervals to try and capture the known about of yellow M&Ms in their population. They will understand the difference between a confidence interval and a confidence level.

This activity can be used with your AP Statistics or regular level statistics class. These are the following skills covered:

Math Common Core Standards, High School: Probability and Statistics

• Use data from a sample survey to estimate a population mean or proportion; develop a margin of error through the use of simulation models for random sampling. (IC.B.4)

AP Statistics Course Exam Description

• UNC-4.B Verify the conditions for calculating confidence intervals for a population proportion
• UNC-4.D Calculate an appropriate confidence interval for a population proportion.
• UNC-4.F Interpret a confidence interval for a population proportion.

This is a ZIP folder with the following:

• A Word document of the activity (both color and pure black and white)
• A PDF document of the activity (both color and pure black and white)
• A PDF answer key with sample data
• A PDF instruction page

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This product is included in the following:

• AP® Statistics Unit 6 – Inference for Categorical Data: Proportions Unit Plans
• AP® Statistics Unit 6 – Projects and Activities
• Goldie's FULL CURRICULUM for AP® Statistics
• Statistics – Chocolate Candy Bundle

If you have the above product, you DO NOT need to purchase this separately.

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