I liked the dragons better than the rabbits. I would have explained it to a class by having a random sample of 2 dragons from the bimodal and creating a sample space with 4 possibilities: Short/Short, Short/Long, Long/Short, and Long/Long. There are twice as many ways to get a medium average. Cool.
Iditarod? Does Mike P have snow all the way down there in New York? ========================== John W. Kulig, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Coordinator, Psychology Honors Plymouth State University Plymouth NH 03264 ========================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul C Bernhardt" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 10:45:40 AM Subject: Re: [tips] A Cute Way To Teach The Central Limit Theorem Thanks for sharing this. While I can quibble (I can always quibble), I think it is very good. Paul On Jan 24, 2014, at 9:25 AM, Mike Palij wrote: The website creaturecast.org is a biology oriented site that provides short videos on various biological topics. If you go to www.creaturecast.org right now, you'll find that the second from the top entry is on the central limit theorem (y'all know the CLT, right?) but in the context of ecological examples involving rabbits and dragons. The NY Times has the videos on their website but there you have to sit through an annoying video ad before you get the goods (thus, risking damage to your computer when you feel like hurling something at the screen; I find rubber brick are a satisfying object to hurl both at the computer screen and the TV when particularly stupid/misleading/offensive commercials are shown). Here's an example from the NY Time website on how cilia can be used for locomotion: http://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000002665100/creaturecast-swimming-with-cilia.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20140124 The ad before the video changes so you might a particularly annoying ad in which case make sure that you only have small books at arm's length. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=33023 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-33023-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66454&n=T&l=tips&o=33027 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-33027-13338.f659d005276678c0696b7f6beda66...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=33030 or send a blank email to leave-33030-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
