Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Binomial Distribution
Questions cover the binomial distribution. Students identify characteristics of a binomial distribution and calculate probabilities for different ranges. Binomial mean and variance are covered in the link between the binomial and normal...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Probability as Relative Frequency
In this activity, students use simulation to justify the concept of the Law of Large Numbers. They understand that as the sample size increases, the relative frequency of which an event occurs approaches the probability of that event...
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble
Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Bernoulli Trials and Binomial Random Variables
Students learn about Bernoulli trials and binomial random variables. The tutorial investigates the statistics concepts through class notes and examples. Review exercises and a chapter quiz are included.
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble
Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Variance and Standard Deviation of a Set of Scores
Students learn about the variance and standard deviation of a set of scores. Topics explored are the empirical rule and Chebyshev's rule. The tutorial investigates the statistics concepts through class notes and examples. Review...
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble
Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Variance and Standard Deviation of a Random Variable
Students learn about the variance and standard deviation of a random variable. The tutorial investigates the statistics concepts through class notes and examples. Review exercises and a chapter quiz are included.
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble
Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Mean, Median & Standard Deviation
Students learn about mean, median, variance, and standard deviation. The tutorial investigates the statistics concepts though class notes and examples. Review exercises are included.
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble
Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Creating a Family Trust
Students apply statistics concepts to a real world example. Topics include normal and beta distributions.
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble
Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Topic Summaries: Statistics
The topic summary outlines random variables and statistics. Some topics reviewed are normal distribution, Bernoulli trials, measures of central tendency, and variance. The resource consists of definitions, notes, and examples.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Standard Normal Distribution Table
An explanation of standard normal distribution along with a table of values.
Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: The Normal Curve an Example
A collection of step-by-step worked problems demonstrating how to take a normal curve and determine the probability (area) under it. Hints are provided along the way and the final measures are shown for the user to check.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Distribuciones De Probabilidad
Learn about normal distribution, calculate odds on normal distributions and fit a set of data to a normal distribution.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Binomial Probability
The mathematics tutorial investigates binomial probability and the normal curve. The lesson consists of class notes, calculator tips, examples, and practice problems with solutions. The teacher resource includes a z-score chart.
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Galton Board Model
Simulate the binomial distribution of a Galton board as a ball is dropped into the device. Investigate the probability of the ball going to the right or to the left with each bounce off a peg.
Maths Challenge
Maths challenge.net: Proportion of Ones
A problem of probability with the answer available to the reader.
Other
Math Pages: Probability and Statistics
Over 60 links are provided here for topics in probability and statistics. Each link provides an in-depth discussion and example problems.
Other
Fayetteville State University: Z Distributions
The introductory paragraph explains Z-Distributions, their spread, and the ability to find certain values within the distribution. Two animated graphs are then provided as an example of the probability of the normal distribution curve.
TOPS Learning Systems
Top Science: Tack Toss [Pdf]
An activity where students toss a set of tacks one hundred times and plot how many land on their sides each time. They then calculate the mode, median, and mean.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Understanding the Standard Deviation: What Makes It Larger or Smaller?
Students develop a better intuitive understanding of what is meant by variability in statistics. Emphasis is placed on the standard deviation as a measure of variability.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Shape: Population Density
Test your knowledge of population density by determining the number of people per square unit.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Applications of Variance and Standard Deviation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Calculate the variance and standard deviation of a data set.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Binomial Distributions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers binomial distributions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Binomcdf Function Grades 9 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn about the binomial cumulative density.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Probability: Binompdf Function
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use the binompdf function.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Against All Odds: Random Variables
Video presentation on the probability of independent events, covering related topics: multiplication rule, random variable, and mean and standard deviation. [28:41]