Many concepts in statistics can be hard to grasp for students, especially if they get stuck on their homework after class with no one around to guide them. Sometimes they need a little more than just text to really understand the material. Now they can access key simulations in the instructional Learn mode of the Hawkes courseware for that extra help!

The Central Limit Theorem

Found in our Beginning Statistics Chapter 7.1, Discovering Statistics Chapter 9.1, and Discovering Business Statistics Chapter 8.3, the introduction to the Central Limit Theorem is essential to statistics students. There’s a lot to it, so we break down the setup and distribution in the simulation:

Students can choose how many observations to simulate. They can also choose what kind of distribution:

• Uniform
• Exponential
• Chi-square
• Normal
• Poisson
• Bi-modal

Students can then run another simulation or select “Auto” for the simulation to continuously run.

Estimating Population Proportions

Want students to learn more about population proportions? We’ve got you covered in Beginning Statistics Chapter 8.4, Discovering Statistics Chapter 10.7-10.9, and Discovering Business Statistics Chapter 9.6-9.7. Included is a game in which students can draw sample sizes of 20, 50, or 100 and guess the population proportion.

After students try the game, we keep track of the chosen sample size, population proportion, and their guesses.

This simulation makes understanding how to estimate population proportions easier by making it more of a hands-on activity!

Want to see more? Call us at 1-800-426-9538 to request access.