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Are you left handed or right handed?
For Instructors: Do you have the pass
code for this activity?
For Students: Have you read the
Instruction
for Participation page?
The Problem
Are you left handed or right handed? When you
clasp your hands together and intertwine your fingers, which
thumb is on the top (left or right)? Do you
think a left handed person will have a higher
probability that his/her left thumb will be on top and
vice versa?
Objectives
1. Learn the concept of
independent/dependent events.
2. Learn conditional probability.
3. Learn multiplicative rule.
Key Concepts
Experiments, outcomes, independent events,
dependent events, conditional probability, multiplicative
rule and two-way tables.
Related Topics
The data
collected from this activity can also be used for
reviewing set operations such as union, intersection
and complement, and related rules such as the additive rule
and the complement rule. Required Equipment
• Activity pass code (provided by the instructor)
• Internet connection
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