Multiple-solution problems in a statistics classroom: An example

• Main Authors: CHU, Chi Wing, CHAN, Kevin L.T., CHAN, Wai-Sum, KWONG, Koon Shing
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• 主題: De Pril recursion; discrete distribution; individual risk model; integer partition; Mang Kung dice; probability generating function; Econometrics
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2101; https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2017.1338770

The mathematics education literature shows that encouraging students to develop multiple solutions for given problems has a positive effect on students’ understanding and creativity. In this paper, we present an example of multiple-solution problems in statistics involving a set of non-traditional d...