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Direct linkFoster, Colin – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2012
This article advocates biased spinners as an engaging context for statistics students. Calculating the probability of a biased spinner landing on a particular side makes valuable connections between probability and other areas of mathematics. (Contains 2 figures and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Statistics, Probability, Statistical Bias, Mathematical Applications
