Idea+Links


 * This is an unsorted page to drop ideas into. From here we can research them and figure out how to actually use them in class.**

There may be sampling issues with **church vs. beer** data. http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/church-beer-tweets-america_b24999

A statistical analysis of the Grand Slams in tennis and the "random" drawings used to seed the tournaments. It finds some possible easier draws for top seeds. []

Does sleep impact grades? []

Is wine worth the cost? Can this be done with coke, pepsi, rc cola, etc? Does this fit into experimental design or testing? []

A hockey lesson using player statistics. It is written for IB, not AP. It is low level, but might have enough to build up to hypothesis testing at the end of the year, and have enough for good discussions at the beginning. (I like the idea of using a couple of the same projects and build on them as the year goes on.) []

Another statistics page on baseball and the fact that there have been 17 no-hitters that are 4 days apart. The most recent in 2011. []

There have been a couple of articles on winning lotteries. The first article is about how to win through probability. [] While this next article is about how a statistician won by recognizing patterns that were important to the lottery system. [] Or how about this one where a stats Ph.D. won the lottery 4 times! [] I could see using these as a way to deepen the discussion of probabilities.

I could see using this article for the meaning of "statistically significant" as well as other issues. It is a political article, but not really super biased. Instead it shows how to separate the wheat from the chaff as it were. [] [] is the original document mentioned in the article.

I am not sure how to deal with this, but can we do anything with the fact that the study was done, but says nothing? []

[] and idea for conditional probability perhaps?

This article from a stats blog about Lance Armstrong's doping. [] there are a lot of links to other articles in there. I can see a couple of lessons on probability and perhaps statistical significance out of it.

On the topic of linear regression, next time after they are done, put this picture up and have them work with it! []

How about using z-scores to compare Tiger Woods with Rory McIlroy's performance at the US Open golf tournament in 2011? You can find that link here. []

The best first date questions to ask. []

Should you consider the color of the car next time you buy one? Does color influence how many accidents you have had? Follow the links and you will get the pdf that has the full report with all the stats. []

Here is a possible linear regression experiment. It would take some time to do and create the data, but it is a valid regression line that gives a very high R value. []