The author suggests several problems which can be investigated by beginning statistics students. All the problems discussed arise from the game Bingo. (SD)

This two-volume set is a self-help student text designed as an alternative to the standard algebra text. Each lesson is introduced by and centered around an application of the topic under discussion. For each lesson, questions are given covering the reading, testing understanding of the reading, and for discussion. Some sections contain questions…

Annual records of the one-mile sun can be used to introduce a variety of statistical ideas including the scatter diagram, theoretical vs. observed values, and normal equations. (SD)

Activities in which the claims of psychics are evaluated can be used in probability classes. (SD)

The application of probability concepts in tennis is described, with a computer program listing to generate service game probabilities. (MNS)

Tables of life expectancy can provide data for use in a great variety of problems related to probability theory. (SD)

The game of roulette is analyzed. (SD)

A discussion is given on the probability of winning at the game of craps. Variations are discussed in terms of probabilities. (MP)

Suggests guided discovery techniques to help students find the rule by which an arrival sequence of consecutively numbered school buses is considered a "success," and presents arguments by Honsberger for a formula to calculate the number of successful patterns for a given number of buses. (SEW)

Students were given the problem: Given a deck of cards in a certain order, after how many shuffles will it return to its original order? They worked with small decks of cards to develop a general formula, but were unhappy with the results. (SD)

Three activities involving children with the probability concepts of random selections and sample size are provided. (JT)

Mathematics in nature and in the technological world is discussed. Outdoor activities with mathematical content are listed. (JP)

Examples used to illustrate Simpson's paradox for secondary students include probabilities, university admissions, batting averages, student-faculty ratios, and average and expected class sizes. Each result is explained. (DC)

Explores applications of the Fibonacci series in the areas of probability, geometry, measurement, architecture, matrix algebra, and nature. (MDH)

A variety of suggestions for making the mathematics curriculum more meaningful and interesting to students are described. Activities that incorporate real-world situations are provided for verbal items, common and decimal fractions, estimations and rounding off numbers, large and small numbers, geometry, probability, and statistics. (KR)