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Kazak, Sibel; Fujita, Taro; Wegerif, Rupert – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2016
The study explores the development of 11-year-old students' informal inference about random bunny hops through student talk and use of computer simulation tools. Our aim in this paper is to draw on dialogic theory to explain how students make shifts in perspective, from intuition-based reasoning to more powerful, formal ways of using probabilistic…
Descriptors: Inferences, Computer Simulation, Probability, Statistical Distributions
Cotton, John W. – 1970
The behavior of focus samples central to the multiple-look model of Trabasso and Bower is examined by three methods. First, exact probabilities of success conditional upon a certain brief history of stimulation are determined. Second, possible states of the organism during the experiment are defined and a transition matrix for those states…
Descriptors: Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Models, Mathematics, Prediction
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Craswell, Keith J. – Two-Year College Mathematics Journal, 1973
Develops search patterns for locating an object which may be in one of several locations. (JP)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Expectation, Game Theory, Mathematical Applications
Rogers, Hartley, Jr. – International Journal of Mathematics Education, 1972
Basic mathematical concepts of Managerial Economics, a way of quantitatively analyzing and structuring the making of a business decision, are presented. Advantages and disadvantages of its use in business are discussed and several recent applications are given. (DT)
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Business Education, Decision Making, Economics
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David, Karl – College Mathematics Journal, 1988
A discussion of the classic probability hat check problem. The paper shows how the hat check problem can be viewed as a problem about enumerating certain members of the symmetric group of permutations on n symbols, with an ensuing generalization. (PK)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Higher Education, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics Curriculum
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Bartlett, Albert A. – Physics Teacher, 1993
Discusses the probability of seeing a tire explode or disintegrate while traveling down the highway. Suggests that a person observing 10 hours a day would see a failure on the average of once every 300 years. (MVL)
Descriptors: Estimation (Mathematics), Higher Education, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Concepts