Lecture Materials for Week 5

September 22, 2025

Sampling

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Confidence intervals

Slide deck

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References

The data used in the CI slide deck comes from this study: Chetty and colleagues (2017).

Extra practice (optional)

  • This activity offers extra practice with estimating confidence intervals for a mean.

WebR Practice Activity

  • This activity offers extra practice with estimating confidence intervals for a proportion — and also provides an introduction to statistical power.

WebR Practice Activity

  • This activity explores the dangers of biased sampling.

WebR Practice Activity

  • This activity explores the dangers of extreme samples when sample size is small.

WebR Practice Activity