VISUAL MODELS OF EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION IN TEACHING PROBABILITY THEORY

the role of visual aids and translation in teaching vocabulary in est

the present study investigated the effect of the two vocabulary teaching techniques in est, namely the use of translation and the use of visual aids as two separate vocabulary teaching techniques. to answer the question of the study, a pretest (michigan test) was administered to the 58 randomly selected est students at khajeh nasiredin tusi university, faculty of mechanics. after the homogeneit...

A Visual Approach in the Teaching of Statistics and Probability

In C. Reading (Ed.), Data and context in statistics education: Towards an evidence-based society. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS8, July, 2010), Ljubljana, Slovenia. Voorburg, The Netherlands: International Statistical Institute. www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications.php [© 2010 ISI/IASE] A VISUAL APPROACH IN THE TEACHING OF STATISTICS AND P...

Probability theory and its models

This paper argues for the status of formal probability theory as a mathematical, rather than a scientific, theory. David Freedman and Philip Stark’s concept of model based probabilities is examined and is used as a bridge between the formal theory and applications.

Some Concepts in Probability and Information Theory

Algorithmic Information Theory and Foundations of Probability

The question how and why mathematical probability theory can be applied to the “real world” has been debated for centuries. We try to survey the role of algorithmic information theory (Kolmogorov complexity) in this debate. 1 Probability theory paradox One often describes the natural sciences framework as follows: a hypothesis is used to predict something, and the prediction is then checked aga...