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Direct linkFoster, Colin; Martin, David – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2016
We analyse the "two-dice horse race" task often used in lower secondary school, in which two ordinary dice are thrown repeatedly and each time the sum of the scores determines which horse (numbered 1 to 12) moves forwards one space.
Descriptors: Statistics, Markov Processes, Probability, Statistical Significance
