Chapter 9 Links

Section 9.1

Learn more about DICE-ROLLING EXPERIMENTS

• Dice Probabilities
• Shodor: Dice Table
• What is the Dice Table Activity?
• Dice Table Help
• Curriculum Context and Resources
• Calculating Probabilities of Throwing Two Dice
• Dice and the Laws of Probability
• Dice Strategy Guide
• Rolling Two Dice

Section 9.2

Learn more about SAMPLE SPACE

• Sample Spaces and Events
• AP Statistics Lectures: Sample Space

Learn more about the DEFINITION OF PROBABILITY

• MathWorld: Probability
• Introduction to Data Mining
• What Is?: Probability
• Simple Prbability

Learn more about SAMPLING

• Probability Sampling

Learn more about COIN TOSSES

• Flip a Coin from around the World
• Coin Flipping Page

Learn more about the FAIRNESS OF COIN TOSSES

• Toss Out the Toss-Up: Bias in Heads-or-Tails
• Coin-Toss Bias

Learn more about DRAWING A CARD

• Drawing Cards from a Deck

Learn more about PIERRE DE FERMAT

• MacTutor History of Mathematics
• World of Biography
• A Short Account of the History of Mathematics ? W. W. Rouse Ball

Learn more about BLAISE PASCAL

• MacTutor History of Mathematics
• World of Biography
• A Short Account of the History of Mathematics ? W. W. Rouse Ball

Learn more about the HISTORY OF PROBABILITY

• A Short History of Probability
• Probability ? Mathematics and the Liberal Arts
• History of Probability and Statistics

Section 9.3

Learn more about MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE AND INDEPENDENT EVENTS

• Mutually Exclusive Events
• Independent Events
• Mutually Exclusive Events

Learn more about DEPENDENT EVENTS

• Independent and Dependent Events
• Addition Rule

Learn more about CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES

• Conditional Probabilities
• Conditional Probability
• Multiplication Rule
• Bayes? Theorem

Section 9.4

Learn more about PERMUTATIONS

• MathWorld: Permutation
• Various Ways to Define a Permutation
• Counting and Listing All Permutations

Learn more about CIRCULAR PERMUTATIONS

• MathWorld: Circular Permutation
• Circular Permutations
• Beads on a Bracelet

Learn more about FACTORIALS

• MathWorld: Factorial
• Factorial Calculator

Learn more about CHRISTIAN KRAMP

• MacTutor History of Mathematics

Section 9.5

Learn more about COMBINATIONS

• Mathwords: Combination Formula
• Math Forum: Permutations and Combinations

Learn more about PROBLEMS

• Combinations of Letters and Numbers
• How Many Barbies
• Choosing Computer Disks
• Monkeys Typing Shakespeare: Infinity Theory
• Seating People in a Row
• Number of Possible Telephone Numbers
• Winning the UK National Lottery

Section 9.6

Learn more about PROBLEMS INVOLVING AND/OR

• Probability of Multiple Events

Learn more about PROBLEMS

• Bear Cubs
• Birthday Coincidence
• Buffon?s Needle Problem
• Monty Hall Dilemma
• Rectangle on a Chessboard
• Three Pancakes

Section 9.7

Learn more about FUNCTIONS OF A RANDOM VARIABLE

• MathWorld: Binomial Distribution
• Binomial Probability Distribution
• Binomial Probabilities
• Binomial Distribution Problems

Learn more about the BERNOULLI TRIALS PROCESS

• Bernoulli Trials
• MathWorld: Bernoulli Distribution
• An Experiment Must Meet Three Criteria
• Bernoulli Trials Problems

Learn more about JACOB BERNOULLI

• MacTutor History of Mathematics
• World of Biography
• Stetson University
• Mathematik.ch

Section 9.8

Learn more about MATHEMATICAL EXPECTATION

• MathWorld: Expectation Value
• Expectation
• Mathematical Expectation ? Examples
• Mathematical Expectation in Poker
• Mathematical Expectation in Gambling
• Expectations Trading: Mathematical Expectation Against the Gods

Learn more about FATHOM DYNAMIC DATA^TM SOFTWARE

• Resource Center
• Activities and Documents
• Links to Data

Section 9.9

Learn more about a PROBABILITY PROBLEM BANK

• Activities
• Basic Probability
• Simple Events
• Fair Game
• Independent Events
• Compound Probability
• Conditional Probability
• Bayes? Theorem
• Complementary Events