This 1981 yearbook of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) offers classroom ideas for teaching statistics and probability, viewed as important topics in the school mathematics curriculum. Statistics and probability are seen as appropriate because they: (1) provide meaningful applications of mathematics at all levels; (2) provide methods for dealing with uncertainty; (3) give us some understanding of the statistical arguments, good and bad, with which we are continually bombarded; (4) help consumers distinguish sound use of statistical procedures for unsound or deceptive uses; and (5) are inherently interesting, exciting, and motivating topics for most students. The text is divided into eight parts, labeled: (1) The Case for Teaching Statistics and Probability; (2) Samples of Existing Courses or Programs; (3) Classroom Activities; (4) Teaching and Learning Specific Topics; (5) Applications; (6) Statistical Inference; (7) Monte Carlo Techniques and Simulation; and (8) Using Computers. The yearbook concludes with a bibliography and a list of suggested class projects. (MP)