Parris, Math Instructor, Publishes Articles in College Mathematics Journal | "A Waiting-Time Surprise" and "Commensurable Triangles"
PEA Senior Named Semifinalist in 2007-08 Siemens Math, Science and Technology Competition | One of only 294 students selected from across the country
PEA Senior Wins Gold Medal in China Girls Math Olympiad | Team coach Feng, Exeter math instructor, predicts success will encourage other students
Exeter's Summer Math Institute Helps the San Diego Unified School District Improve Math Teaching | The conference "really challenges you as a mathematician," says a participant
Exeter Scores First in the Nation at ARML Math Competition | Math team competes against other states, regions in the country
Exeter Junior Places High in Two Olympiads and Elite Research Group | Commits to one Biology competition; Yields to Research
Exeter Senior Among 12 Finalists Named in US Math Olympiad | Awarded College Scholarship; Prepares for International Competition in Vietnam
Math Teacher Edits New Book, Leads Math Team to USA Mathematics Olympiad | Zuming Feng Edits Mathematics Book, Leads Academy Math Team to Olympiad Competition
Copy of "In Class With Harkness Fellow David Mumford '53" by Jeff Ibbotson (excerpt from The Exeter Bulletin, Winter 2007) | Mathematician is Fields Medal recipient and MacArthur Fellow
Games / Demonstrations
Correlation
Game: Can you guess the correlation?
Game: Can you get on the top 20 list?
Descriptive Statistics
Live data from Old Faithful eruptions displayed in an interactive histogram
General sets of applets
Cut-the-knot applets for all areas of mathematics and statistics
Duke University applets
Rossman/Chance applets
R. Webster West applets
Inference
Classifying Statistics Problems - how does a student determine which
test to use? This interactive site poses problems and asks students to
determine the appropriate test to use. If he or she guesses incorrectly
initially, the applet provides hints in order to proceed.
Confidence Intervals - an interactive exercise to explore what it means
to be 95% confident
Power - WISE (Web Interface for Statistics Education from
Claremont Graduate University) has many wonderful applets. Scroll down
on the left to "statistical power" and experiment with changing n,
the confidence level, the population parameter, etc.
Type I and Type II errors explained in the context of the criminal
justice system
Probability
Monty Hall dilema
Game:
Let's Make a Deal - play Monty Hall's game to see whether one
should switch or not.
Discussion of the problem - why is it best to always play the game
the same way?
An example of
Simpson's Paradox based on a longitudinal study of the
growth of children in South Africa
Surprising Problems explored through applets, such as the birthday problem,
the coupon problem, matching problems, a tree problem. These were
created by Susan Holmes with support of the NSF.
Regression
GSP demonstration of LSRL
Can you identify an outlier?
Can you eyeball a line to minimize the SSE?
Sampling Distributions - an interactive tool allowing students
to practice this concept
