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Title: Star Library: Random Rendezvous
Url: https://www.causeweb.org/cause/archive/repository/StarLibrary/activiti...
Creator: Chance, Beth
Rossman, Allan
Publisher: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education
Description: This activity leads students to appreciate the usefulness of simulations for approximating probabilities. It also provides them with experience calculating probabilities based on geometric arguments and using the bivariate normal distribution. We have used it in courses in probability and mathematical statistics, as well as in an introductory statistics course at the post-calculus level. Students are expected to approximate the solution through simulation before solving it exactly. They are also expected to employ graphical as well as algebraic problem-solving strategies, in addition to their simulation analyzes. Finally, students are asked to explain intuitively why it makes sense for the probabilities to change as they do.
LC Classification: Science -- Mathematics -- Analysis -- Functional analysis -- Theory of distributions
Science -- Mathematics -- Geometry
Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics -- Addresses, essays, lectures
Science -- Mathematics -- Probabilities -- Addresses, essays, lectures
GEM Subject: Mathematics -- Statistics
Mathematics -- Probability
Key Concept: Mathematics -- Normal distribution
Mathematics -- Probability
Mathematics -- Statistics
Date Issued: 2001
Resource Type: Reference Material
Instructional Material
Instructional Material -- Lesson/Lesson Plan
Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual
Format: Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
Learner
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
Rights: Allan J. Rossman and Beth L. Chance
Access Rights: Free access
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