Book:
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Teaching Statistics, 1982
Editors:
Grey, D. R., Holmes, P., Barnett, V., & Constable, G. M.
Type:
Category:
Volume:
I
Pages:
313-330
Year:
1983
Publisher:
Organising Committee of the First International Conference on Teaching Statistics
Place:
Sheffield
Abstract:
Access to a collection of computer programs for the classical distribution functions, particularly if these can be readily used interactively by any student, is an important teaching tool for teachers of probability and statistics. The availability of such a collection allows the teacher and student to concentrate on the concepts and development of probability and statistics with little if any emphasis on the details of determining probabilities from tables. Algorithms are presented that provide a useful array of methods for evaluating the classical distribution functions.
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