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Can You Beat Randomness: The Lottery Game

Can You Beat Randomness: The Lottery Game

This is the description and instructions for the Can You Beat Randomness? : The Lottery Game applet. It is a simulation of flipping coins. Students are asked to make conjectures about randomness and how certain strategies affect randomness. It strives to show the "growth of order out of randomness." This is a great resource for any mathematics classroom interested in statistics and probabilities.
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Material Type:
Reference Material
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 18, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
July 18, 2016
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Barbra Bied Sperling
Primary Audience:
College General Ed , College Lower Division , College Upper Division , Graduate School , Professional
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Website
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Language:
English
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