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Peer reviewedYeshurun, Shraga – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 1980
Presented is an example meant to enable students with a scant mathematical education to grasp the meaning of the limit of the binomial distribution. (Author/TG)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedCharlton, P. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 1979
An iterative procedure for adjusting examination marks from papers of varying standards is given. The convergence of the procedure is demonstrated and attention is drawn to an underlying linear model. (MP)
Descriptors: Grading, Higher Education, Mathematical Models, Mathematics
Peer reviewedGalbraith, Peter – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 1996
Suggests ways for using data from championship tennis as a means for exploring probabilistic models, especially binomial probability. Examples include the probability of winning a service point and the probability of winning a service game using data from tables and graphs. (AIM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedShaughnessy, J. Michael; Dick, Thomas – Mathematics Teacher, 1991
Included are probability models for various strategies that contestants on the television game show, "Let's-Make-a-Deal," might use when given the option to stick with their original choice of three unopened doors or switch to the unopened door after one of the other two doors has been opened. (JJK)
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Elementary Secondary Education, High Schools, Mathematical Models


