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Students extend what they've learned from Lesson 13 to compare two populations based on samples. This lesson introduces the idea that you can determine if there is a big difference between two populations by looking at the difference between the centers of samples and comparing the difference to the measure of variability.

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Learning goals: Learning Goals • Use measures of center and the variability of two samples to decide if two populations are very different. • Measure the difference between the measures of center of two samples with similar variability as a multiple of the measure of variability. Materials • Four-function or scientific calculators