Description

Overview:

This resource consist of a Java applet and expository text. The applet simulates Bernoulli trials in terms of coin tosses. The random variables of interest are the number of heads and the proportion of heads. The number of coins and the probability of heads can be varied. The applet illustrates the law of large numbers and the central limit theorem.

Subject:

Statistics and Probability

Level:

High School, Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division

Material Type:

Activity/Lab, Interactive, Simulation

Author:

Kyle Siegrist

Provider:

University of Alabama in Huntsville

Provider Set:

Virtual Laboratories in Probability and Statistics

Date Added:

02/16/2011