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Title: Star Library: Counting Eights: A First Activity in the Study and Interpretation of Probability
Url: https://www.causeweb.org/cause/archive/repository/StarLibrary/activiti...
Creator: Hartlaub, Bradley
Jones, Brian D.
Publisher: Kenyon College
Description: 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 calculations, computer simulations, and descriptive techniques, students encounter the laws of large numbers in a familiar setting. By working through the exercises, students will gain a deeper understanding of the qualitative and quantitative relationships between theoretical probability and long run relative frequency. Particularly, students investigate the proximity of the relative frequency of an event to its probability and conclude, from data, the order on which the dispersion of the relative frequency diminishes.
LC Classification: Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics -- Estimation theory
Science -- Mathematics -- Probabilities -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Science -- Mathematics -- Probabilities -- Limit theorems
Social sciences -- Statistics -- Theory and method of social science statistics -- Frequency distribution
GEM Subject: Mathematics -- Statistics
Mathematics -- Probability
Key Concept: Mathematics -- Frequency distributions
Mathematics -- Probability
Mathematics -- Statistics
Mathematics -- Limits
Date Issued: 2001-11-06
Resource Type: Reference Material
Instructional Material
Instructional Material -- Lesson/Lesson Plan
Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual
Format: Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
Education Level: High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education
Language: English
Access Rights: Free access
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