Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 37 Issue 2, June 2000
37 – 41
Titanic: A Statistical Exploration
Sandra L. Takis
The tremendously popular movie Titanic has rejuvenated interest in the Titanic and its passengers. Students are particularly captivated by the story and by the people involved. Consequently, when I was preparing to explore categorical data and the chisquare distribution with my class, I decided to use the available data about the Titanic s passengers to interest students in these topics. This article describes the activities that I incorporated into my statistics class and gives additional resources for collecting information about the Titanic.
