Applet | Lottery Game |
Source | Center for Polymer Studies (Trunfio and McGath) |
Description | Users try to guess what the result of the next flip of a coin will be, can also flip until either 4 heads or 4 tails are flipped in a row and then use a strategy for guessing (winning streak, luck will run out, equal chances of heads/tails). Use to counter student misconceptions. See http://polymer.bu.edu/java/java/winning/WinningStreak.html for possible student instructions to go with this applet. |
Link | http://polymer.bu.edu/java/java/winning/ |
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Keywords | Probability, Coins, Probability misconceptions |
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