In an informal study, two versions of a story involving probability are introduced to undergraduates. The findings reveal that students have troubles detecting equal probabilities in a sampling scheme without replacement in which no information on earlier draws is available.

The burnt matchstick / Passaretti, Davide; Vistocco, Domenico. - In: TEACHING STATISTICS. - ISSN 0141-982X. - 39:2(2017), pp. 57-63. [10.1111/test.12128]

The burnt matchstick

Vistocco Domenico
2017

Abstract

In an informal study, two versions of a story involving probability are introduced to undergraduates. The findings reveal that students have troubles detecting equal probabilities in a sampling scheme without replacement in which no information on earlier draws is available.
2017
The burnt matchstick / Passaretti, Davide; Vistocco, Domenico. - In: TEACHING STATISTICS. - ISSN 0141-982X. - 39:2(2017), pp. 57-63. [10.1111/test.12128]
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