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Sharpe, J. P. – Physics Teacher, 2022
The Poisson distribution describes the probability of a certain number of events occurring in an interval of time when the occurrence of the individual events is independent of one another and the events occur with a fixed mean rate. Probably the best-known example of the Poisson distribution in the physics curriculum is the temporal distribution…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Probability, Mathematics Skills
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Lokkila, Erno; Christopoulos, Athanasios; Laakso, Mikko-Jussi – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2023
Educators who teach programming subjects are often wondering "which programming language should I teach first?" The debate behind this question has a long history and coming up with a definite answer to this question would be farfetched. Nonetheless, several efforts can be identified in the literature wherein pros and cons of mainstream…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Programming Languages, Probability, Error Patterns
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Soltys, Michael; Dang, Hung D.; Reyes Reilly, Ginger; Soltys, Katharine – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2021
A Machine Learning framework for predicting enrollment is proposed. The framework consists of Amazon Web Services SageMaker together with standard Python tools for data analytics, including Pandas, NumPy, MatPlotLib, and ScikitLearn. The tools are deployed with Jupyter Notebooks running on AWS SageMaker. Based on three years of enrollment history,…
Descriptors: Enrollment Management, Strategic Planning, Prediction, Computer Software
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Curley, Brenna; Peterson, Anna – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2022
In this article, we outline several activities revolving around soccer players who participated in the 2018 FIFA World Cup and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Classroom activities are described from different perspectives, useful for a range of different statistics courses. In a first semester probability theory course, students investigate the…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Competition, Teaching Methods, Data Analysis
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Gerbing, David W. – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2021
R and Python are commonly used software languages for data analytics. Using these languages as the course software for the introductory course gives students practical skills for applying statistical concepts to data analysis. However, the reliance upon the command line is perceived by the typical nontechnical introductory student as sufficiently…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Teaching Methods, Introductory Courses, Programming Languages