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The burnt matchstick |
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| Authors: | Davide Passaretti Domenico Vistocco |
| Abstract: | In an informal study, two versions of a story involving probability are introduced to undergraduates. The findings reveal that students have troubles detecting equal probabilities in a sampling scheme without replacement in which no information on earlier draws is available. |
| Keywords: | Teaching statistics Equally likely events Sampling without replacement False beliefs |