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  • Probability, Mathematical Statistics, and Stochastic Processes

    This online, interactive lesson on finite sampling models provides examples, exercises, and applets that include hypergeometric distribution, multivariate hypergeometric distribution, order statistics, the matching problem, the birthday problem, and the coupon collector problem.

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  • Analysis Tool(s): StatPages.net

    This webpage provides an extensive list of links to free statistical calculators and statistical software packages. Descriptions are provided for some of the resources.

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  • Joke: The Knee

    A joke to start a discussion on joint probability distributions.  The joke was written in 2018 by Larry Lesser from The University of Texas at El Paso.

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  • Joke: A Marginal Joke

    A joke to be used in describing how a marginal density is computed from a joint density.  The joke was written in 2017 by Larry Lesser (The University of Texas at El Paso) and Dennis Pearl (Penn State University).

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  • Categorical Data Activity

    This activity will allow students to familiarize themselves with technology and its use in calculating marginal, conditional, and joint distributions, as well as making conclusions from these tabular and graphical displays. The corresponding data set 'Pizza Data' is located at the following web address: http://www.causeweb.org/repository/ACT/PIZZA.TXT

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  • Cartoon: Spreadsheet Experience

    A cartoon to teach about the use of spreadsheet programs. Cartoon by John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea from Dennis Pearl (The Ohio State University). Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites.

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  • Cartoon: Moments of a Random Variable

    A cartoon to teach about finding the moments of a distribution. Cartoon by John Landers (www.landers.co.uk) based on an idea from Dennis Pearl (The Ohio State University). Free to use in the classroom and on course web sites.

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  • Dataset Example: Student's T

    This resource explains the t-distribution and hypothesis testing (informally) using an example on laptop quality.

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  • Badmintion or Basketball?

    This activity addresses the concept of sample space. It provides a multi-step procedure and three handouts, which accompany the activity. It addresses events and the availability misconception as well as grouping and forming committees.

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  • Explorations for the Area Probability Applet

    This website provides the URL of a Java applet and steps for using it. Here, students can manipulate the size of the circle and the rectangle to explore the probability that a point in the rectangle is also in the circle.

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