CHAMP, Fall 2015
Lesson 3
This week's lesson involved basic probability, including the Monty Hall Problem and the Birthday Problem.
Some resources from today's lesson:
Here is a
worksheet
on these topics.
A Numberphile video
on the Monty Hall Problem.
The Wikipedia article
on the Monty Hall Problem.
Here are two online simulators that allow you to play the Monty Hall scenario and record your number of wins and losses for the "switching" and "not switching" strategies, in order to compare which is best.
Simulator 1
Simulator 2
A
Khan Academy video
on the Birthday Problem.
The Wikipedia article
on the Birthday Problem.