Progress Check

Use this activity to assess whether you and your peers can:

  • Use a simulation to obtain a sampling distribution along with its mean, standard deviation, and error.
  • Interpret the mean and error for a sampling distribution.

Directions

Use the drop-down menu to learn about the three steps needed to complete this assignment.

Three steps to complete the assignment

Step 1: Review the Rubric

  • Before you submit your work, review the rubric at the bottom of this assignment.
  • Use the rubric as a checklist to determine whether you are ready to submit your work.

Step 2: First Draft

  • Commit a good-faith effort to address each item in the Prompt section below.
  • Please be sure to number your responses and include “white space” between problem numbers. This improves the readability and flow of your work. I cannot give feedback and grade jumbled work.
  • Use either of the following options to submit your work.
    OPTION 1: You can submit a text-entry assignment (i.e. typing your answers in Canvas). To learn how to submit a text-entry assignment, use these (opens in a new tab).
    OPTION 2: You can upload your paper-and-pencil work (or the digital equivalent). To learn how to upload your paper-and-pencil work, use these (opens in a new tab). WARNING – some file types may not be visible on my end. So to learn which files you can upload, be sure to use the directions link I provided for this option.
  • Not ready to submit a good-faith effort yet? Avoid frustration – use the link to the Questions, Answers, & Tips discussion board (at the bottom of this page) to post questions about this assignment (or visit the discussion board to answer your classmates’ questions). You can also contact me directly (see the homepage for my contact information).

Step 3: Optional Final Draft

  • After you submit your good-faith attempt to fully respond to the questions in the Prompt section below, advance to the ANSWER(S) page.
  • You can use the ANSWER(S) page to correct your work and resubmit this assignment any time before I begin grading the problems. However, to earn full credit, you are not required to submit a final draft for this assignment. But if you do submit a final draft, I will only grade it if you submitted a good-faith effort on your first draft.
  • Warning – I will only grade your most recent submission. So if you choose to submit a final draft, please do not leave anything out, and please do not direct me to read an earlier submission. To maximize your score, your most recent submission (at the time I begin grading) must be complete.

Prompt

The National Health Survey uses household interviews to describe the health-related habits of U.S. adults. From these interviews they estimate population parameters associated with behaviors such as alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, and hours of sleep for all U.S. adults.

In the 2005-2007 report, they estimated that 30% of all current smokers started smoking before the age of 16. Imagine that we want to verify this estimate. So we randomly select a sample of 100 smokers and calculate the proportion who started smoking before the age of 16. How much error do we expect in the sample proportions if the 30% is correct for the population overall? Use the applet and a give an error based on 2 standard deviations.

Below is the applet we used in the simulations on the previous page. Here are the directions.

  • Use the first dropdown list to select the appropriate population proportion p.
  • Use the second dropdown list to select the appropriate sample size n.
  • Check the Show Standard Deviation Bars box.
  • Click the Run Simulation (5000 Samples) button.


Module 15 Discussion Board

Use the Module 15 (opens in a new tab) to ask questions or provide feedback about the problems in any Module 15 activity – including this peer-reviewed assignment.


Review Feedback

  • Instructor feedback is only available after an assignment is graded.
  • Use these (opens in a new tab) to learn how to review feedback.

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Rubric

Formative Assessments

Formative Assessments

Criteria Ratings Pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAnswering the Prompt

10 ptsFull CreditThe first submission demonstrates a good-faith effort to address each part of the Prompt. Either in the first draft or the optional final draft, all parts of the “Prompt” are addressed and the responses demonstrate attainment of the learning objectives in the “Progress Check” section of the assignment. The answers are correct. The writing/work is clear. The explanation/work is reasonable, well-organized, and easy to follow.8.5 ptsMostly CorrectThe first submission demonstrates a good-faith effort to address most of the Prompt. In the optional final draft all parts of the “Prompt” are addressed, and the responses demonstrate attainment of the learning objectives in the “Progress Check” section of the assignment. The answers are mostly correct. The writing/work is clear. The explanation/work is reasonable, well-organized, and easy to follow.

6 ptsOne or more incorrectThe first submission demonstrates a good-faith effort to respond to a smaller portion of the Prompt. In the first draft or the optional final draft, one or more parts of the “Prompt” are not addressed or are incorrect. Or, answers do not demonstrate attainment of the learning objectives in the “Progress Check” section of the assignment. Or, answers are correct, but the writing/work is unclear, incorrect, or difficult to follow.0 ptsNo MarksThe first submission does not demonstrate a good-faith effort to address the Prompt.

10 pts

Total Points: 10

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