JSM 2005 - Toronto

Abstract #303813

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Activity Number: 369
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #303813
Title: What Is the Probability of 'Pigging Out?'
Author(s): Mary Richardson*+ and David Coffey
Companies: Grand Valley State University and Grand Valley State University
Address: Department of Statistics, Allendale, MI, 49401, USA
Keywords: statistics education ; active learning ; empirical probability ; confidence interval for a proportion ; hypothesis test for a proportion ; chi-square test
Abstract:

We will discuss an interactive activity that allows students to use the "dice" game Pass the Pigs to explore experimentally and theoretically how many tosses it takes before a player rolls a "pig out." In addition, we will extend this interactive activity and discuss how to utilize the Pass the Pigs game to explore confidence intervals and hypothesis tests for a proportion and the chi-square test.

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