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Publication Date: 2005-Feb
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A Striking Demonstration of the Poisson Distribution
Buonaccorsi, Vincent; Skibiel, Amy
Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, v27 n1 p8-10 Feb 2005
This article describes a simple classroom activity that helps students immediately visualize and understand the meaning and mathematical properties of the Poisson distribution.
Descriptors: Statistical Distributions, Probability
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