MERLOT Materials

Large collection of platform independent, interactive, java applets and activities for K-12 mathematics and teacher... see more

This extensive site is primarily intended as an online supplement to the text Finite Mathematics by Stefan Waner and... see more

Large collection of scientific resources about statistics (descriptive statistics, testing, and continuous... see more

StaTable for Java provides immediate access to the twenty-five most commonly used statistical distributions. With just a... see more

This applet provides a simulation of Buffon's Needle experiement. A needle of length 1 being dropped at random on a floor... see more

This is a very large collection of videos that work out math problems. They are categorized by course: Algebra,... see more

A discussion of what is meant by "understanding" using a simulation of the "Monty Hall" or "Three Doors" problem to... see more

This site contains an interactive applet illustarting Monty Hall problem as well as a page describing the history of... see more

Histogram Explorer is a tool for understanding histograms and their statistics

Contains a variety of materials for environmental, health, and technological risk analysis teachers and students. Thes... see more

This applet simulates drawing samples from a binomial distribution. Users set the population proportion, sample size, and... see more

This applet demonstrates that even a "small" effect can be important under some circumstances. Applicants from two groups... see more

Marbles bounce down an array of pegs. The resulting binomial distribution is displayed graphically in real time. A... see more

This resource introduces Buffon’s Coin Problem and Buffon’s Need Problem and provides applets to help illustrate the... see more

Grow trees (green dots), then start fire (red dots), and watch destroyed trees (black dots) form a trail behind the fire.

Flip coins to see if you can beat the odds.

Do simulations for the glamber's ruin problem.

The applet shows the histogram of N replications of the sum of n random variables from a uniform (0,1) distribution. It... see more

"This app has everything you need to make a difficult decision easier. It's six amazing and slick utilities can help you... see more

Using a parameter it's possible to represent a property of an entire population with a single number instead of millions... see more

This introductory probability book, published by the American Mathematical Society, is available from AMS bookshop. We... see more

Students record biomass of plants grown with and without exposure to ozone. Students then use Excel to test for a... see more

Area of applied mathematics concerned with the data collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation.

This website provides probability learning objects that can be integrated into course delivery.