Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ605774
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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Demonstrating the Gambler's Fallacy in an Introductory Statistics Class.
Riniolo, Todd C.; Schmidt, Louis A.
Teaching of Psychology, v26 n3 p198-200 1999
Describes a classroom demonstration called the Gambler's Fallacy where students in an introductory psychology statistics class participate in simulated gambling using weekly results from professional football game outcomes over a 10 week period. Explains that the demonstration illustrates that random processes do not self-correct and statistical precision is sample size dependent. (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Football, Higher Education, Prediction, Probability, Psychology, Sample Size, Simulation, Statistics, Student Reaction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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