CONFESSIONS OF A COIN FLIPPER AND WOULD-BE INSTRUCTOR

Authors
KONOLD C
Citation
C. Konold, CONFESSIONS OF A COIN FLIPPER AND WOULD-BE INSTRUCTOR, The American statistician, 49(2), 1995, pp. 203-209
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Statistic & Probability","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
The American statistician → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
49
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
203 - 209
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1305(1995)49:2<203:COACFA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Simulation data are used to test a student's beliefs about the relativ e probabilities of two sequences obtained by flipping a fair coin. The episode is used to illustrate general issues in using simulations ins tructionally.