Conducting Experiments
Let's get hands-on. We will design and conduct simple probability experiments, like flipping coins or spinning spinners, to gather data and test our predictions.
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Let's get hands-on. We will design and conduct simple probability experiments, like flipping coins or spinning spinners, to gather data and test our predictions.
Key Questions
- Identify the steps needed to conduct a fair experiment to find the probability of a thumbtack landing point up.
- Explain how you would record the results of 50 coin flips to analyze the outcomes.
- Evaluate the fairness of a spinner that is not divided into equal sections based on experimental results.
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