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Perry, Mike – Teaching Statistics, 1999
Discusses several measures of success for a simple game. Describes ways in which comparisons between players and comparisons between a player and simulation can be made. (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary Education, Statistics

Perry, Mike; Kader, Gary – Mathematics Teacher, 1998
Presents an activity on the simplification of penguin counting by employing the basic ideas and principles of sampling to teach students to understand and recognize its role in statistical claims. Emphasizes estimation, data analysis and interpretation, and central limit theorem. Includes a list of items for classroom discussion. (ASK)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Estimation (Mathematics), Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction