General Information
Subject Area: X-Mathematics (former standards - 2008)
Grade: 7
Body of Knowledge: Statistics
Supporting Idea: Data Analysis - Data Analysis
Date Adopted or Revised: 09/07
Content Complexity Rating:
Level 3: Strategic Thinking & Complex Reasoning
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More Information
Date of Last Rating: 06/07
Status: State Board Approved - Archived
Assessed: Yes
Test Item Specifications
Item Type(s):
This benchmark may be assessed using:
MC
item(s)
N/A
Clarification :
Students will analyze appropriateness of a sample population and sample size used to make generalizations about the population.
Students will identify an appropriate sample for a population.
Students will evaluate hypotheses and conclusions based on a statistical sample.
Students will analyze appropriateness of a sample population and sample size used to make generalizations about the population.
Students will identify an appropriate sample for a population.
Students will evaluate hypotheses and conclusions based on a statistical sample.
Content Limits :
Items may include common misuses of statistics based on an inadequate or non-representative sample, or an over-generalized result.
Items may provide measures of central tendency or variability.
Items will not include calculating measures of central tendency or variability.
No more than 25 sets of data are to be displayed.
The sample size should not exceed the general content limits.
Items may include common misuses of statistics based on an inadequate or non-representative sample, or an over-generalized result.
Items may provide measures of central tendency or variability.
Items will not include calculating measures of central tendency or variability.
No more than 25 sets of data are to be displayed.
The sample size should not exceed the general content limits.
Stimulus Attributes :
Items should be set in a real-world context.
Graphics should be used in some of these items, as appropriate.
Items should be set in a real-world context.
Graphics should be used in some of these items, as appropriate.
Sample Test Items (1)
Test Item # | Question | Difficulty | Type |
Sample Item 1 | A cable television company will add new channels to its service. The company president wants to have 100 customers surveyed by telephone in a single weekend to find out what kind of channels customers want. Which method would increase the bias in the survey? | N/A | MC: Multiple Choice |
Related Resources
Problem-Solving Task
Name | Description |
Space Math: Lunar Cratering | Students explore the formation of craters on the lunar surface using real world imaging data and mathematical reasoning. Students make observations and inferences about the time that impact craters were formed using probability and percentages. |