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Law of Large Numbers (Chapter 8)
Part of an online statistics textbook. Topics include: (1) Law of Large Numbers for Discrete Random Variables, (2) Chebyshev Inequality, (3) Law of Averages, (4) Law of Large Numbers for Continuous... |
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| http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/teaching_aids/books_article... | ||
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Statistical Applets: Law of Large Numbers
This applet is designed to help students understand the Law of Large Numbers by simulating rolling dice. The applet graphs the mean of the sum of the rolls for user specified conditions. This... |
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| http://bcs.whfreeman.com/pbs/cat_050/pbs/expectedvalue.html | ||
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Law of Large Numbers-Hospital
This activity discusses probability topics, such as: sample space, independent events, Law of Large Numbers, deviation percentage. A Excel program is required for this activity, which can be reached... |
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| http://teacherlink.org/content/math/interactive/probability/... | ||
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Law of Large Numbers
The controls on this applet let you change the number of trials, the probability of success in each trial, and toggle between viewing either the difference between the number of successes and the... |
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| http://stat-www.berkeley.edu/~stark/Java/Html/lln.htm | ||
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Quote: Wright on the Law of Averages
"While nothing is more uncertain than the duration of a single life, nothing is more certain than the average duration of a thousand lives." A quote of American actuary and abolitionist Elizur... |
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| http://www.causeweb.org/resources/fun/db.php?id=106 | ||
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Quote: Mauldin on the Law of Averages
"I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages." A quote of soldier and U.S. cartoonist William H. Mauldin (1921 - 2003) from a cartoon caption in the first published collection of his work, Up... |
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| http://www.causeweb.org/resources/fun/db.php?id=110 | ||
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Belief in the Law of Small Numbers
This journal article gives examples of erroneous beliefs about probability. It specifically examines the belief that a random sample must be representative of the true population. |
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| http://pirate.shu.edu/~hovancjo/exp_read/tversky.htm | ||
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Star Library: Counting Eights: A First Activity in the Study and Interpretation of Probability
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... |
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| http://www.causeweb.org/repository/StarLibrary/activities/ha... | ||
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Chebychev's Estimate
For n = 50 to 400, in steps of size 5, this program computes and displays (1) the exact probability P(|A_n - p| >= epsilon), where A_n is the average outcome of n Bernoulli trials with probability p... |
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| http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/teaching_aids/books_article... | ||
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Spinning Wheel
This activity uses a computer program to explore probability concepts such as sample space, independent events, law of large numbers, and reliability. An outline of the activity and the computer... |
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| http://teacherlink.org/content/math/interactive/probability/... | ||
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