Sample means, margin of error and confidence intervals
Grade 11 Math Worksheet - Building Confidence

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Ari drew 20 random samples of 25 students and plotted each sample's mean reading time as one dot. What is the mean of the 20 dots, in minutes?
Bo drew 20 random samples of 40 students and plotted each sample's percent who recycle at home as one dot. What percent is the mean of the 20 dots?
Dot plot of the 20 sample results (percent); dots at each value: 45%: 1, 50%: 4, 55%: 7, 60%: 5, 65%: 2, 70%: 1. Dot plot of the 20 sample results (percent); dots at each value: 45%: 1, 50%: 4, 55%: 7, 60%: 5, 65%: 2, 70%: 1. Dot plot of the 20 sample results (percent) 45 50 55 60 65 70 percent Esme drew 20 random samples of 30 students and plotted each sample's mean hours of sleep as one dot. What is the mean of the 20 dots, in hours?
Dot plot of the 20 sample results (hours); dots at each value: 7.6: 1, 7.8: 2, 8: 5, 8.2: 7, 8.4: 3, 8.6: 2. Dot plot of the 20 sample results (hours); dots at each value: 7.6: 1, 7.8: 2, 8: 5, 8.2: 7, 8.4: 3, 8.6: 2. 6 7 8 9 10 Dot plot of 100 sample percents; the middle 95 dots run from 52% to 68%. Kira simulated 100 random samples of 100 students; each dot is one sample's percent who walk to school. What is the margin of error, in percentage points?
Luz simulated 100 random samples of 50 students; each dot is one sample's mean hours of sleep. What is the margin of error, in hours?
Dot plot of 100 sample means; the middle 95 dots run from 7.4 to 8.2 hours. Dot plot of 100 sample means; the middle 95 dots run from 7.4 to 8.2 hours. 100 sample means; middle 95 dots 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 8 8.1 8.2 8.3 hours Pia simulated 100 random samples of 15 sunflowers; each dot is one sample's mean height. What is the margin of error, in cm?
Dot plot of 100 sample means; the middle 95 dots run from 145.5 to 148.5 cm. Dot plot of 100 sample means; the middle 95 dots run from 145.5 to 148.5 cm. 100 sample means; middle 95 dots 145 145.5 146 146.5 147 147.5 148 148.5 149 cm Ren simulated percents who bike to school for random samples of 25 and of 400 students. Which plot shows the samples of 400?
Plot A: 100 dots from 30% to 70%. Plot B: 100 dots from 45% to 55%. Plot A: 100 dots from 30% to 70%. Plot B: 100 dots from 45% to 55%. Plot A: 100 dots 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66 68 70 percent Plot B: 100 dots 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 percent - Plot B: bigger samples land closer to the middle.
- Either one: the sample size does not change the spread.
- Plot A: bigger samples spread wider.
Tala simulated percents who bike to school for random samples of 36 and of 900 students. Which plot shows the samples of 36?
Plot A: 100 dots from 56% to 64%. Plot B: 100 dots from 40% to 80%. Plot A: 100 dots from 56% to 64%. Plot B: 100 dots from 40% to 80%. Plot A 56 58 60 62 64 percent 100 dots from 56% to 64% Plot B 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 percent 100 dots from 40% to 80% - Plot A: smaller samples land closer to the middle.
- Either one: the sample size does not change the spread.
- Plot B: smaller samples spread wider.
100 dots from 62% to 68%. Plot B: 100 dots from 44% to 86%. Zee simulated percents who recycle for random samples of 20 and of 500 students. Which plot shows the samples of 500?
- Either one: the sample size does not change the spread.
- Plot A: bigger samples land closer to the middle.
- Plot B: bigger samples spread wider.
100 dots from 20% to 60%. Plot B: 100 dots from 35% to 45%. Ari simulated percents who bike to school for random samples of 16 and of 256 students. Which plot shows the samples of 16?
- Either one: the sample size does not change the spread.
- Plot B: smaller samples land closer to the middle.
- Plot A: smaller samples spread wider.

