Fathom Simulations Using Statistics Canada Data

The following simulations and activities were created for the Ontario Ministry of Education as part of the new revised 2007 Grade 12 curriculum (specifcially MAP4C and MDM4U).

Fathom is a statistical analysis software from Key Curriculum Press that is licensed for all Ontario public high schools.


Simulations

Simulation

Fathom File

Instructions for Teachers

Confidence Interval

FathomAfrica Census at School - Height
FathomAfrica Census at School - Height (Defined Error)
FathomWrite-up for Teachers

Convergence

FathomAfrica Census at School - Travelling
Fathom2001 Census - Age
Microsoft WordWrite-up for Teachers (Travelling)
Microsoft WordWrite-up for Teachers (Age)

Tutorials

Microsoft WordHow to create a confidence interval simulation in Fathom
Microsoft WordHow to create a convergence simulation in Fathom

Source Data

FathomSouth African Census at School Source Data

The above simulations and write-ups are contributed by Jonathan Lee (jlee253@uwo.ca) from Queens University Faculty of Education while working at Statistics Canada with Joel Yan (Joel.Yan@statcan.ca).

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