Stats for Fun: Data & Chance

Which is easier to roll, a 6 or a 1? Why does the fair owner always win? What does a positive test really mean? Stats for Fun teaches kids aged 6 to 14 to think with data and chance by playing. PREDICT, CHECK, UNDERSTAND In every game you first say what you think will happen, then check it with real data or a simulation, and Tali the raccoon explains what happened. Getting it wrong is part of the game. THE TOWN OF THOUSANDVILLE Each district is a topic: • The Newsroom: charts, frequencies, percentages and misleading graphs. • The Market: mode, median and mean, and which one to use. • The Stadium: spread and comparing groups. • The Fair: probability, simulations, the law of large numbers and why the lottery almost never pays. • Town Hall: samples, bias and margin of error. • The Laboratory and The Health Center: tables, medical tests, risks and false positives. • The Observatory and…