Statistical Data Analysis for Science Projects

This article explains how a statistical t-test can be used to compares the means of two groups to make a good science fair project even better. The author walks the reader through the proce... See More

This article explains how a statistical t-test can be used to compares the means of two groups to make a good science fair project even better. The author walks the reader through the procedure and provides an online website that helps the learner use that test. The author describes four different types of projects that can benefit from using the t-test. I feel that use of this statistical analysis of student data might be appropriate for 8th grade but I definitely feel that it might do better in a high school setting.

Statistics!!

This article describes how middle school students can use a computer program to do a T-test on their science fair projects. Even though the computer is doing the work, I feel this concept i... See More

This article describes how middle school students can use a computer program to do a T-test on their science fair projects. Even though the computer is doing the work, I feel this concept is probably more effective with high school students.