Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 35 Issue 2, May 1998
60
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.
