A school system is testing a new math teaching strategy for geometry. Ten classes were randomly selected to pilot the new strategy, and 10 classes were randomly chosen to continue using the current strategy. At the end of the school year, more than 50% of the data overlapped. Consequently, the school system could not make a determination about which teaching strategy produced higher test scores. What can the school system do to make the decision more definitive?

A) Increase the random sample size.

B) decrease the random sample size.

C) Choose the same students next year.

Eliminate

D) Choose classes that have the lowest scores in the state.

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Marques

Mathematics

18 November, 07:24

A school system is testing a new math teaching strategy for geometry. Ten classes were randomly selected to pilot the new strategy, and 10 classes were randomly chosen to continue using the current strategy. At the end of the school year, more than 50% of the data overlapped. Consequently, the school system could not make a determination about which teaching strategy produced higher test scores. What can the school system do to make the decision more definitive?

A) Increase the random sample size.

B) decrease the random sample size.

C) Choose the same students next year.

Eliminate

D) Choose classes that have the lowest scores in the state.

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Keira Roman · Answer 1

What the school system can do to make their decision in terms of the new teaching strategy more definitive and reliable is letter D, choose classes that have the lowest scores in the state. It is because choosing the classes that has the lowest test scores could answer of which is the best technique. If they have a high test score in terms of which technique they used, this could be a reliable answer of which strategy is more dependable.