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558 ! Wed, 8/1/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-West 212
Innovations in Teaching Undergraduate Probability — Invited Papers
Section on Statistical Education, Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences, Section on Risk Analysis, Business Analytics/Statistics Education Interest Group
Organizer(s): Dennis L Sun, Cal Poly and Google
Chair(s): Dennis L Sun, Cal Poly and Google
2:05 PM Teaching Probability via Stories and Mistakes

Joseph Blitzstein, Harvard University
2:25 PM A Simulation-Based Approach to Teaching Probability Using the Symbulate Package

Kevin J Ross, Cal Poly; Dennis L Sun, Cal Poly and Google
2:45 PM Teaching Markov Chains Using Java Applets
Jeffrey S Rosenthal, University of Toronto
3:05 PM Using Texas Hold 'Em Examples to Teach Probability

Frederic Paik Schoenberg, UCLA
3:25 PM Discussant: Amy Wagaman, Amherst College
3:45 PM Floor Discussion