Presentation
Teaching Statistics through Elections: How Local Events Bring Classroom Topics to Life
Mathematics Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures
Event Name/Location
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference & Exposition / Salt Lake City, Utah
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
10-18-2019
Disciplines
Abstract
Teaching statistics at a university located in Broward County, Florida, I’ve used the Bush vs. Gore election and it’s polling issues to illustrate concepts like confidence level and margin of error. But, students now weren’t alive in 2000 so they didn’t relate. The contentious 2018 election recount provided some new local enthusiasm for the classroom.
Citation Information
Jason Gershman. "Teaching Statistics through Elections: How Local Events Bring Classroom Topics to Life" (2019) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jason-gershman/61/