Investigating populations via penguins and their poo!

Teach Stat. 2019 Fall;41(3):101-105. doi: 10.1111/test.12195. Epub 2019 Feb 27.

Abstract

We describe an activity that introduces students to population modelling, enables them to use estimates obtained from a sample to infer back to the population, and understands how the findings are translatable via penguins and their poo!

Keywords: Teaching; populations; practical activity; samples; teaching statistics.