The Kerrich: Is a Coin Fair? case study and data sets.
Links:
Download the case study
Download the data set - 1
Download the data set - 2
Inference for One Proportion:
Using outcomes for 10,000 flips of a coin, use descriptive statistics, confidence intervals and hypothesis tests to determine whether the coin is fair. Key ideas: Practical Importance Versus Statistical Significance, Power.
JMP features demonstrated:
Analyze > Distribution, Formula Editor, Analyze > Fit Y by X
Statistical/graphical tools used:
Bar charts, confidence intervals for proportions, hypothesis testing for proportions, Likelihood Ratio, simulating random data, scatterplot, fitting a regression line.
Statistics case studies provided by Dewayne Derryberry of the Math Department at Idaho State University.
