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Using playing cards to differentiate probability interpretations
Author(s) -
López Puga Jorge
Publication year - 2014
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/test.12055
Subject(s) - frequentist probability , frequentist inference , interpretation (philosophy) , empirical probability , bayesian probability , probability and statistics , statistics , bayesian statistics , bayes' theorem , probability theory , mathematics , econometrics , computer science , posterior probability , bayesian inference , programming language
Summary The aprioristic (classical, naïve and symmetric) and frequentist interpretations of probability are commonly known. Bayesian or subjective interpretation of probability is receiving increasing attention. This paper describes an activity to help students differentiate between the three types of probability interpretations.