Navigating Through Probability in Grades 9-12

Probability is connected at all mathematics but has an especially close relationship to data analysis. An understanding of probability is essential to some of the important ideas of data analysis, such as sampling and prediction. This book assists high school teachers in honing their students' thinking by introducing them to two approaches to probability. The first approach, which interprets probability as relative frequency over the long run, uses actual or simulated data from many experiments to arrive at empirical probabilities. The second approach analyzes outcomes abstractly to arrive at theoretical probabilities. The book explores both approaches in real-world contexts, and it includes activities that let students consider the likelihood that a smoke detector will sound in a school cafeteria, a jury will consist almost entirely of men (or women), and a basketball player will make a successful shot from the free-throw line.Shaughnessy, Michael is the author of 'Navigating Through Probability in Grades 9-12', published 2004 under ISBN 9780873535250 and ISBN 0873535251.