Rounding the Earth Newsletter

Share this post

A Path to Statistics, Part IV

roundingtheearth.substack.com

Discover more from Rounding the Earth Newsletter

Pandemic, Bitcoin, education, finance, science, health, economics, statistics, and other topics that need attention.
Over 32,000 subscribers
Continue reading
Sign in

A Path to Statistics, Part IV

Combinations Everywhere

Mathew Crawford
Apr 2, 2021
7
Share this post

A Path to Statistics, Part IV

roundingtheearth.substack.com
1
Share

In a few short weeks, Antonio has started back at PreAlgebra level counting concepts and is now solving problems using combinations at the level of an advanced high school student. Part of what is interesting is that he doesn't even yet realize how far he has come in a short time.

In this lesson, we examine a modeling technique often known as "stars and bars" or "balls and urns". We also solve path walking problems and talk through why Pascal's triangle is really just a grid of combinations.

Source

This completes only six total hours of conversation between us, starting from material that some elementary school students work on. The number of people who can learn math is substantially larger than the number who think they can.

7
Share this post

A Path to Statistics, Part IV

roundingtheearth.substack.com
1
Share
1 Comment
Share this discussion

A Path to Statistics, Part IV

roundingtheearth.substack.com
Levi
Writes Interpretations with Levi
Dec 25, 2021

Do you have a syllabus or outline that someone with high school algebra and not much else could use to chart a course of self-study for learning statistics? Other recommendations or materials? There's so many options out there, it's a bit overwhelming.

Expand full comment
Reply
Share
Top
New
Community

No posts

Ready for more?

© 2023 Mathew Crawford
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing