Monty's Dilemma: Should You Stick or Switch?.

Shaughnessy, J. Michael; Dick, Thomas

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Publication Date: 1991

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Monty's Dilemma: Should You Stick or Switch?

Shaughnessy, J. Michael; Dick, Thomas

Mathematics Teacher, v84 n4 p252-56 Apr 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, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Middle Schools, Probability, Problem Solving, Secondary School Mathematics, Statistical Analysis

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