Delta-K,  Teaching Ideas,  Volume 35, Issue 2

Probability: A Study of Chance

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 35 Issue 2, May 1998

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Probability: A Study of Chance

Shirley LeMoine

The theory of probability is an important branch of mathematics with many practical applications in the physical, medical, biological and social sciences. An understanding of this theory is essential to the understanding of weather reports, medical findings, political doings and the provincial/state lotteries. Students have many misconceptions about probability situations.