I teach statistics, and we like to use an activity based on the game show "Let's Make a Deal." We often refer to it as the "Monty Hall problem." There is a nice YouTube video I recently found that explains the problem, and students seem to like it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhlc7peGlGg Also, if you type in "Monty Hall" as a search term in YouTube, you get some other nice links (including a clip from the television show "Numbers"). Michelle Everson Dept. of Educational Psychology University of Minnesota [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
