|
|||||
|
|
The probability distribution for a biased spinner |
|
| Authors: | Colin Foster |
| Institution: | King Henry VIII School, Coventry, England. e‐mail: c@foster77.co.uk |
| Abstract: | This article advocates biased spinners as an engaging context for statistics students. Calculating the probability of a biased spinner landing on a particular side makes valuable connections between probability and other areas of mathematics. |
| Keywords: | Teaching Mathematical modelling Law of cosines |