ERIC Number: EJ883256
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 18
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Modeling an Outbreak of Anthrax
Sturdivant, Rod; Watts, Krista
PRIMUS, v20 n4 p344-361 2010
This article presents material that has been used as a classroom activity in a calculus-based probability and statistics course. The application was used in the first few lessons of this course. Students had three previous semesters of math, including calculus (single and multivariable), differential equations, and a course in mathematical modeling. No previous science courses are prerequisites for the course. (Contains 5 tables and 7 figures.)
Descriptors: Probability, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Communicable Diseases, Teaching Methods, Equations (Mathematics), Mathematical Models, Statistics, College Mathematics, Epidemiology, Foreign Countries, Problem Solving
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Russia; United States
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