Margin Of Error
Source: Council for Economic Education (EconEdLink) | Type: Lesson
The lesson begins with an introduction to the use of polls in political campaigns. The students are introduced to the term "margin of error". The students participate in a sampling game in which they try to predict the proportion of chips in a bag that are red. The students learn how margin of error is calculated. The lesson concludes with a reading on questions to ask about a poll.
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