These are likely the kind of calculations you would expect to do in an introductory probability course. But Pascal thought much more broadly.

The point, Wilson notes, was to move beyond the typical coin-flipping, dice-rolling, and card-drawing examples of a probability course and encourage students to think more deeply about the ...

Here is a list of courses: CS109, CME106, Math 151, Stats110, EE178, MS&E120 and Stats116. What do all these courses share in common? The answer is that they are all introductory probability ...

There are, of course, countless holes in such a simplistic approach. How does one decide the relative importance of the make of plane, airline or airport? Is past performance really an indicator ...

The University of Delaware's actuarial sciences program, managed by the Department of Mathematical Sciences, meets rigorous standards of the Society of Actuaries and offers exam preparation in ...

Philip Matchett Wood, Vijesh Bhute, Exploring Student Perception Toward Online Homework and Comparison With Paper Homework in an Introductory Probability Course, Journal of College Science Teaching, ...