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Battleship and the negative hypergeometric distribution
Author(s) -
Autin Melanie A.,
Gerstenschlager Natasha E.
Publication year - 2018
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.12160
Subject(s) - hypergeometric distribution , context (archaeology) , distribution (mathematics) , statistics , mathematics , mathematics education , computer science , psychology , geography , mathematical analysis , archaeology
Summary The negative hypergeometric distribution is often not formally studied in secondary or collegiate statistics in contexts other than drawing cards without replacement. We present a different context with the potential of engaging students in simulating and exploring data.