Championship Tennis as a Probabilistic Modelling Context.

Galbraith, Peter

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Publication Date: 1996

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Championship Tennis as a Probabilistic Modelling Context.

Galbraith, Peter

Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, v15 n4 p161-66 Dec 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, Predictive Measurement, Probability, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Inference

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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