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1 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

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3 3 Methods to answer questions involving chance behavior
Observing many outcomes of chance behavior. Relative Frequency Probability Model – Theoretical probability Simulation

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5 Simulations with the TI-84
[MATH] [PRB] # randInt(lower, upper, how many) Stores in L1

6 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


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