The Practice of Statistics Daniel S. Yates The Practice of Statistics Third Edition Chapter 6: Probability and Simulation: The Study of Randomness Copyright © 2008 by W. H. Freeman & Company
3 Methods to answer questions involving chance behavior Observing many outcomes of chance behavior. Relative Frequency Probability Model – Theoretical probability Simulation
Simulations with the TI-84 [MATH] [PRB] #5 -----randInt(lower, upper, how many) Stores in L1
5 Step process of a simulation: 1. State the problem or describe the experiment 2. State the assumption 3. Assign digits to represent outcomes 4. Simulate many repetitions 5. State your conclusion