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Quinn, Anne – Mathematics Teacher, 2016
While looking for an inexpensive technology package to help students in statistics classes, the author found StatKey, a free Web-based app. Not only is StatKey useful for students' year-end projects, but it is also valuable for helping students learn fundamental content such as the central limit theorem. Using StatKey, students can engage in…
Descriptors: Statistics, Computer Oriented Programs, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
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Wanko, Jeffrey J. – Mathematics Teacher, 2009
This article provides a historical context for the debate between Georg Cantor and Leopold Kronecker regarding the cardinality of different infinities and incorporates the short story "Welcome to the Hotel Infinity," which uses the analogy of a hotel with an infinite number of rooms to help explain this concept. Wanko makes use of this history and…
Descriptors: Statistical Distributions, Housing, Logical Thinking, Literary Genres
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White, Wes – Mathematics Teacher, 2001
Reviews the use of chi-square statistics for goodness of fit. Examines how to help students relate their earlier work with independence to the use of chi-square statistics. (KHR)
Descriptors: Chi Square, Evaluation, Graphing Calculators, Learning Processes