3.6. * Estimation (mathematical approaches)#

Warning

This learning outcome is considered optional in [OhioDoHEducation21]. We include it here but do not develop it.

Learning Outcome

Become aware that analytic calculation can often replace simulation to provide a formal solution to the problems above

Sample Tasks

  • Describe a simple model for a game of chance such as the roll of a fair die.

  • Describe probability as “area under the density curve” for continuous random variables.

  • Compare the mathematical (analytical) approach and simulation-based approaches to estimation.

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