Abstract

YANEZ CANAL, GRABIEL  and  JAIMES, ÉDGAR. Effects of simulation in understanding the law of large numbers. Integración - UIS [online]. 2013, vol.31, n.1, pp.69-86. ISSN 0120-419X.

This paper presents some of the results in a research about the probabilistic reasoning processes of twelve students from 12 to 15 years old in a public school in a municipality in the department of Santander (Colombia) about the Law of Large Numbers. After living a direct experience, students performed simulations using Probability Explorer. The results suggest that to become aware of the variability in the short term and of the stability in the long one of the relative frequencies bidirectional activities involving the sample space and results must be done.

Keywords : Probability; law of large numbers, intuitions; randomized experiments; relative frequencies; computational simulator.

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