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Early Warning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

Graham S. Smithers
Graham S. Smithers*
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Gresham’s School, Holt
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There is an ever-increasing need for a collection of statistical experiments that can be used in the classroom. Ideally they should be linked to (and motivated by) attempts to model or simulate real situations. Mandel attempts to satisfy this need by studying some simple classroom experiments in physics from a statistical viewpoint. Unfortunately most of the experiments deal with artificial situations. Downton discusses the role of statistics in schools and lists a dozen suitable classroom experiments. This paper is strongly recommended and is full of interesting and controversial ideas.

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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 56 , Issue 397 , October 1972, pp. 188 - 194
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1972

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