Document name
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Characteristics
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Description
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BallsWithoutReplacement
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Simulation from Probability with 10 cases, 1 attribute. Useful for Activity, Demonstration
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Shows the difference between sampling with and without replacement.
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BathroomTiles
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Simulation from Probability with 10000 cases, 1 attribute. Useful for Demonstration, Project
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Demonstration based on a bathroom floor with randomly arranged tiles
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Birthdays1978
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Activity from Probability with 365 cases, 3 attributes. Useful for Activity
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For each of 365 days during 1978, records the number of births in the U.S. Periodic data.
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BlackCards
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Activity from Probability with 1 case, 1 attribute. Useful for Activity
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Illustrates the meaning of independence using cards.
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BlackjackPairs
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Simulation from Probability with 52 cases, 4 attributes. Useful for Demonstration
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Shows how to solve a particular problem relating to dealing out cards.
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BrownianMotion
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Activity from Probability with 50 cases, 2 attributes. Useful for Activity
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Models Brownian motion.
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Buffon_Needle
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Simulation from Probability with 500 cases, 5 attributes. Useful for Demonstration
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Shows how to model the Buffon Needle problem.
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ChaosGame
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Simulation from Probability with 2000 cases, 4 attributes. Useful for Exploration, Activity
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Models the ChaosGame.
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DiceBetting
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Simulation from Probability with 1 case with 3 attributes. Useful for Activity, Demonstration
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Simulation of a betting situation.
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Ehrenfest
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Simulation from Probability with 1720 cases, 4 attributes. Useful for Demonstration
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Simulation of a famous scenario involving transferring balls between urns.
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Enumeration
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Demonstration from Probability with 16 cases, 13 attributes. Useful for Demonstration
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Visualization of rearranging 16 possible outcomes of 4 coin flips.
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Estimating Pi
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Simulation from Probability, Geometry with 100 cases, 4 attributes. Useful for Activity, Demonstration
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Shows how choosing points at random in a square can lead to an estimation of π.
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Fair and Unfair Dice
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Simulation from Probability with 108 cases, 8 attributes. Useful for Demonstration
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Allows comparison of the roles of a fair die and an unfair die.
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FamilyPlanning
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Simulation from Probability with 2 cases, 1 attribute. Useful for Demonstration
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Simulation of particular “family planning” technique.
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FiveCoins
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Simulation from Probability with 5 cases, 1 attribute. Useful for Activity, Demonstration
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A simulation that allows viewing the proportion of flips of five coins that have each of the possible outcomes as a function of the number of trials.
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GeometricCards
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Simulation from Probability with 52 cases, 3 attributes. Useful for Demonstration
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Simulation of drawing cards from a deck until a club is drawn.
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LifeExpectancyQuestion
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Data from Life Sciences with 86 cases, 4 attributes. Useful for Activity
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Data about expected number of years till death from any age separated by gender.
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Lotto
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Simulation from Probability with 80 cases, 1 attribute. Useful for Activity, Demonstration
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Simulation of a lotto game with sliders controlling various payoffs.
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RandomWalk
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Simulation from Probability with 10 cases, 1 attribute. Useful for Demonstration
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Simulation of 10 1-dimensional steps.
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RandomWalkUntilN
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Simulation from Probability with 1 case with 0 attributes. Useful for Demonstration
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How many random walk steps does it take on average to get N steps to the right of the starting position.
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RepeatedFlips
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Simulation from Probability with 2 cases, 1 attribute. Useful for Demonstration
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Shows proportion of heads as a function of number of flips and the approach toward 0.5
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Scrambled Coats
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Simulation from Statistics with 10 cases, 2 attributes. Useful for Activity, Demonstration
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Ten people check their coats in a restaurant. They all lose their tags and the cloak room checker just gives them a random coat. What is the probability that a given person will receive his/her coat? Shows how to solve the problem with simulation.
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ShootingMatch
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Simulation from Probability, Game Theory with 10 cases, 7 attributes. Useful for Activity, Demonstration
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Three people are in a duel. Shows how to compare two different strategies for one of the duelists.
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SpinnerGame
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Simulation from Probability, Game Theory with 1000 cases, 5 attributes. Useful for Demonstration
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Determines the best strategy for a player in a spinner game based on Showcase Showdown.
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