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Probability With Less Pain
Author(s) -
Pfannkuch Maxine,
Seber George A. F.,
Wild Chris J.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
teaching statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9639.00076
Subject(s) - probability and statistics , probability theory , computer science , probability distribution , mathematics education , mathematical statistics , statistics , mathematics
Summary The teaching of probability theory has been steadily declining in introductory statistics courses as students have difficulty with handling the rules of probability. In this article, we give a data‐driven approach, based on two‐way tables, which helps students to become familiar with using the usual rules but without the formal structure.