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ERIC Number: EJ656502
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0730-8639
A Stochastic Tip-Off: Simulating the NBA Playoffs with a Graphing Calculator.
Ratliff, Michael I.; Martinez-Cruz, Armando M.
Mathematics and Computer Education, v36 n3 p261-70 Fall 2002
Aims for students to use a combination of stochastic ideas to simulate a basketball tournament. Uses the TI-83 calculator in the activity to simulate the binomial distribution. (KHR)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Graphing Calculators, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary Education, Statistics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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