Students explore the definition and interpretations of the probability of an event by investigating the long run proportion of times a sum of 8 is obtained when two balanced dice are rolled repeatedly. Making use of hand...

A unit that begins by discussing terms commonly used in statistics, and then explains and constructs frequency distributions, dot diagrams, histograms, frequency polygons, and cumulative frequency polygons. Measures of...

A unit consisting of six activities: l. Word wealth; jobs and subjects using statistics. 2. Role playing; Do the assumptions fit the facts? 3. Shooting dice; sample space and probability. 4. Multiplying polynomials; an...