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Probability is the “machinery” that allows us to draw conclusions about the population based on the data collected in the sample.

Did I Get This – Relative Frequency

Published: Jan 7th, 2013

What are the breakfast-eating habits of college students? On a random typical weekday, a group of 460 college students was surveyed and 253 of them reported that they had eaten […]

Learn By Doing – Empirical Probability #2

Published: Jan 7th, 2013

Purpose The purpose of this activity is to experiment with an applet to find the P(H) when it is unknown whether the coin is fair or not. The link below […]

Learn By Doing – Empirical Probability #1

Published: Dec 30th, 2012

Purpose The purpose of this activity is to experiment with an applet that simulates flipping a fair coin, and to see if the P(H) = 0.5. The link below will launch the […]

Did I Get This – Basic Properties of Probability

Published: Dec 30th, 2012

    http://phhp-faculty-cantrell.sites.medinfo.ufl.edu/files/2012/12/DIG_05001_092.swf This document is linked from Introduction to Probability.

Video – Basic Properties of Probability

Published: Dec 30th, 2012

Video (0:53) Transcript – What Is Probability This document is linked from Introduction to Probability.

Learn By Doing – Birthday Problem

Published: Dec 30th, 2012

    http://phhp-faculty-cantrell.sites.medinfo.ufl.edu/files/2012/12/LBD_05002_091.swf This document is linked from Introduction to Probability.

Video – Let’s Make a Deal (Explanation #2)

Published: Dec 30th, 2012

Video (1:37) Transcript – Let’s Make A Deal (Explanation #2) This document is linked from Introduction to Probability.

Video – Let’s Make a Deal (Explanation #1)

Published: Dec 30th, 2012

Video (1:10) Transcript – Let’s Make A Deal (Explanation #1) This document is linked from Introduction to Probability.

Learn By Doing – Let’s Make a Deal

Published: Dec 30th, 2012

    http://phhp-faculty-cantrell.sites.medinfo.ufl.edu/files/2013/01/qzLBD_05001_090.swf This document is linked from Introduction to Probability.

Interactive Applet – Let’s Make a Deal

Published: Dec 30th, 2012

Use this applet to gain a feel for this game.  The more trials you conduct the more precise your approximation of this scenario will be! Interactive Applet: Let’s Make A […]