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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Is It Really Rare?

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Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the Poisson Distribution to determine the probability of events happening a certain number of times in a given time period. The lesson is framed in the context of shootings in Los Angeles, and has students fill out charts and use their knowledge of complements to further their understanding of the Poisson distribution.

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numb3rs, poisson, poisson distribution, rare statistics, texas instruments, ti, numb3rs: is it really rare, poisson probability distribution
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)