Common Core · High school
HSS-IC.B.4
High school — Use data from a sample survey to estimate a population mean or proportion, and develop a margin of error through the use of simulation models.
A note on this mapping: The Common Core develops the margin of error through simulation; the 1/sqrt(n) figure this skill uses is the classroom rule of thumb that approximates it.
The skill that covers it
What a student should be able to do
- Estimate a population total from the proportion found in a random sample.
- Judge whether a sampling method is likely to be representative.
- Estimate a population size with the capture-recapture method.
- State a margin of error and the interval of plausible values around an estimate.