High School: Statistics & Probability > Making Inferences & Justifying ConclusionsUnderstand and evaluate random processes underlying statistical experimentsS-IC.1 Understand statistics as a process for making inferences about population parameters based on a random sample from that population. S-IC.2 Decide if a specified model is consistent with results from a given data-generating process, e.g., using simulation. For example, a model says a spinning coin falls heads up with probability 0.5. Would a result of 5 tails in a row cause you to question the model? Make inferences and justify conclusions from sample surveys, experiments, and observational studiesS-IC.3 Recognize the purposes of and differences among sample surveys, experiments, and observational studies; explain how randomization relates to each. S-IC.4 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. S-IC.5 Use data from a randomized experiment to compare two treatments; use simulations to decide if differences between parameters are significant. S-IC.6 Evaluate reports based on data. |