Teaching Statistical Principles with a Roulette Simulation

This paper uses the game of roulette in a simulation setting to teach students in an introductory Stats course some basic issues in theoretical and empirical probability. Using an Excel spreadsheet with embedded VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), one can simulate the empirical return and empirical...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Graham D Barr, Leanne D Scott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bond University 2013-03-01
Series:Spreadsheets in Education
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Online Access:http://epublications.bond.edu.au/ejsie/vol6/iss2/1