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Equally Likely (Fair) Choice D...	Designing Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Calculator	Support Material	[0]
The proper meaning of the term "fair." More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Random Number Generators Dialo...	Designing Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Calculator	Support Material	[0]
Different methods for random fair choice between several numbers. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Collecting Data (Amsco Integra...	Designing Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Flash	Support Material	[0]
This mini-lesson explains statistics and data, including how to collect numerical data to carry out a statistical study. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
A Better Fire!	Designing Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[3]
See the chaos theory played out in forest fire simulations. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Coin Toss	Designing Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Tool	[1]
This activity allows the user to explore experimental probabilities by simulating a coin toss. View coin tosses as a list, table, or ratio, and choose whether to view results cumulatively. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Central Limit Theorem Activity	Designing Samples (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Activity	[1]
This activity represents a very general demonstration of the effects of the Central Limit Theorem (CLT). The activity is based on the SOCR Sampling Distribution CLT Experiment and provides the capabil... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Random Number Generation	Designing Samples (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Activity	[0]
This activity describes the need, the general methods and the SOCR utilities for random number generation and simulation. SOCR Modeler allows interactive sampling from any SOCR Distribution. The simu... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
A Graphical Analysis of M&M�s ...	Designing Samples (Probability & Statistics)	Excel	Lesson Plan	[0]
Students will create bar graphs and pie graphs, use these graphs and the statistical calculations done in a previous activity to compare individual data with class data and discuss the effect of sampl... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Beer Consumption Demographics	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This activity on beer consumption explores the idea that 20-to-24-year-olds account for variations over time in amount of beer consumed. The data for this activity is included with Fathom... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Beer Consumption Demographics ...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This activity (in French) on beer consumption explores the idea that 20-to-24-year-olds account for variations over time in amount of beer consumed. The data for this activity is included... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Education Level and Smoking	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
An activity looking at the relationship between education level and smoking courtesy of Joel Yan of Statistics Canada. There are instructions for downloading from StatCan, or use the Fathom file wi... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Educational Attainment and Inc...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
An activity using the E-STAT web site�s access to census data, looking at the correlation between educational attainment and income. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Educational Attainment and Inc...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
An activity (French version) using the E-STAT web site�s access to census data, looking at the correlation between educational attainment and income. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Exploring Relationships betwee...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
What are the advantages of staying in school? From time to time, students wonder whether their academic efforts will be useful to them in the long term. Students will attempt to determine if there ... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Linear Languages: Ontario's Mo...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This activity involves looking at the numbers of speakers of English, French, and (the ubiquitous category) Other Languages in each area of Ontario, Canada. Can you predict relationships between to... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
L�utilisation des Technologies...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This (French version) is from a Technology Use dataset in Fathom which contains 82 attributes for 1,000 randomly selected Canadians of 15 and over. The data were extracted from the General Social S... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Quadratic Power Baby Boom Acti...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This activity shows the steps for transferring births data from Statistics Canada's huge E-STAT database into Fathom and fitting a quadratic curve for the baby boom time period. The data ... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Technology Use in Canada: Who ...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This is from a Technology Use dataset in Fathom which contains 82 attributes for 1,000 randomly selected Canadians of 15 and over. The data were extracted from the General Social Survey cycle 14 on... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Technology Use in Canada: Who ...	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This is from a Technology Use dataset in Fathom which contains 82 attributes for 1,000 randomly selected Canadians of 15 and over. The data were extracted from the General Social Survey cycle 14 on... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Youth Survey	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This activity involves looking at the results of the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), which asked Canadians ages 10 to 13 about their attitudes toward and experi... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Youth Survey (French version)	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity	[0]
This activity (in French) involves looking at the results of the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), which asked Canadians ages 10 to 13 about their attitudes towar... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Forest Fires and Percolation	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Activity	[0]
This activity explains and helps students understand probability and chaos by having them work with the Blaze applet. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Probability by surprise	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Java Applet	Activity	[1]
Great collection of java applets that allow students to discover probability through experiments. It also includes all course notes from a Stanford Stats course. Applets include "The Birthday Proble... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Wait for a Date	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	Sketchpad	Activity	[1]
Students use Sketchpad to simulate a probability problem and then calculate a precise probability by reasoning about their model. The link to the activity itself is to a zip file that contains bo... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Sampling without Replacement	Samples and Experiments (Probability & Statistics)	TI-83/TI-84	Activity	[0]
A common area of probability experiments is related to "shuffling" the order of a set, or sampling from a set without replacement. In the Ti-82/83 series calculator, both can be done with a similar ap... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
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