A Box of Balls: New Lessons from an Old Model

Authors
Pentico, David W.
Citation
W. Pentico, David, A Box of Balls: New Lessons from an Old Model, American statistician , 42(3), 1988, pp. 197-198
Journal title
American statistician → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
42
Issue
3
Year of publication
1988
Pages
197 - 198
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
A variation on the lottery-type box-of-numbered-balls model is presented as a way of illustrating various concepts associated with the assessment of probabilities, point estimation and hypothesis testing, and the model development process.