Review of what we did in class:
The survey found in the post below this one.
Stay or Switch, the Monty Hall Problem - played with this and became familiar with it. The Monty Hall Problem is from The Monty Hall show (weird, right?). The show is from the 1950's, but the problem and its answer are from 1990. Here is a link to Marilyn Vos Savant's page, and her solution to the problem, that resulted in a bunch of condescending, chauvinist responses from male math professors.
Homework:
Conditional Probability - For homework, be able to describe - in plain language - what all the sliders do on this. For example, the first slider changes the size of the red platform, so less of the balls hit it. You don't need to write anything, just play around with it and get a feel for it, but don't worry about what it says, it looks complicated and intimidating. You don't have to read it, just play with the interactive animation.
Great first class!
The survey found in the post below this one.
Stay or Switch, the Monty Hall Problem - played with this and became familiar with it. The Monty Hall Problem is from The Monty Hall show (weird, right?). The show is from the 1950's, but the problem and its answer are from 1990. Here is a link to Marilyn Vos Savant's page, and her solution to the problem, that resulted in a bunch of condescending, chauvinist responses from male math professors.
Homework:
Conditional Probability - For homework, be able to describe - in plain language - what all the sliders do on this. For example, the first slider changes the size of the red platform, so less of the balls hit it. You don't need to write anything, just play around with it and get a feel for it, but don't worry about what it says, it looks complicated and intimidating. You don't have to read it, just play with the interactive animation.
Great first class!
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