Engaging Probability Students in Playing and Analysing a Simple Card Game

Authors: 
Robert J. Quinn, Tom S. Ball, Zhixia You
Type: 
Journal Article
Volume: 
32(2)
Pages: 
Online
Year: 
2010
Publisher: 
Teaching Statistics
URL: 
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123342802/abstract
Abstract: 

We present a simple card game whose payout depends on a player's strategy, as well as on chance. Solutions require the use of conditional analysis and the computation of expected values.

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