Description
Test a machine that randomly packages two types of fruit jubes: kookaburra and koala. Notice that koala jubes are twice as likely to be produced within a packet of 12 jubes. Look at patterns in sequences of jube types such as 3 koala jubes occurring in a row. Analyse the results of large samples. Compare the longest runs of any jube type. Identify the longest run most likely to occur in a packet. This learning object is one in a series of 17 objects.
Key learning objectives
- Students analyse data about random events to test conjectures about variation.
- Students interpret frequency graphs to compare experimental results with theoretical probabilities.
- Students compare the shape of theoretical and experimentally derived data distributions.
- Students relate the shape of data distributions to statements about sample variation and sample size.
Educational value
- Provides sampling scenarios for students to explore relationships between proportions, sample size, uneven distributions and random variation.
- Demonstrates that conclusions based on small sample sizes can be wrong due to random variation.
- Automatically collates experimental results and displays them as frequency graphs.