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Richards, Winston A. – MATYC Journal, 1978
The students in a basic course on probability and statistics in Trinidad demonstrated that the number of fatal highway accidents appeared to follow a Poisson distribution while the length of time between deaths followed exponential distribution. (MN)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Data Analysis, Higher Education, Mathematical Models
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Direct linkGraham, Alan T.; Thomas, Michael O. J. – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2005
Statistical data can be represented in a number of qualitatively different ways, the choice depending on the following three conditions: the concepts to be investigated; the nature of the data; and the purpose for which they were collected. This paper begins by setting out frameworks that describe the nature of statistical thinking in schools, and…
Descriptors: Investigations, Statistical Data, Statistics, Mathematics Education
