Introductory (Non-Calc Based) Prob & Stats Activities
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Please feel free to download and use these activities in your classes. Also feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
These Activities were used by Dr. Rowell in her course MATH 6350 Probability and Statistics for Teachers. The files are in pdf format.
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Activity |
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Random Babies |
Minitab, 4 index cards per student |
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Basic Probability Rules, Conditional Probability, and Independence |
Top 100 Films |
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Random Babies |
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Multiple Choice Exams |
Minitab for part of it |
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Which Tire |
Minitab (or graphing calculator or table) |
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Penny Years. |
Intenet Applet – Penny Ages, Minitab or Excel for Ex. 1, Ex 2-4 Minitab Files: pennyyears.mtw and pennyyears.xls |
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Reese’s Pieces |
Reese’s Pieces Candy enough for each student for select a sample of size 25, access to the Internet |