Virtual Laboratories in Probability and Statistics

Project Information

Expository Material

  1. Foundations
  2. Probability Spaces
  3. Distributions
  4. Expected Value
  5. Special Distributions
  6. Random Samples
  7. Point Estimation
  8. Set Estimation
  9. Hypothesis Testing
  10. Geometric Models
  11. Bernoulli Trials
  12. Finite Sampling Models
  13. Games of Chance
  14. The Poisson Process
  15. Renewal Processes
  16. Markov Chains
  17. Interacting Particle Systems

Ancillary Materials

Object Library

Support and Navigation

Welcome!

The goal of this project is to provide free, high quality, interactive, web-based resources for students and teachers of probability and statistics. Basically, our project consists of an integrated set of components that includes expository text, applets, data sets, biographical sketches, and an object library. Please read the Introduction for more information about the content, structure, mathematical prerequisites, and organization of the project.

Technologies and Browser Requirements

This site uses a number of advanced (but open and standard) technologies, including the Mathematics Markup Language (MathML) for portable and notationally correct mathematical expressions, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for style, Java for applets, and JavaScript for other interactive features. See the Introduction for more information about the technologies used.

Browsers

To use this project properly, you will need the latest version of the Mozilla Firefox browser, with the STIX fonts installed. You will also need the latest Java plug-in, and JavaScript must be enabled. Firefox is currently the only browser that supports all of the open standards needed for our project. Click on the appropriate links, or on the icons below, to install or update your browser and to install the plug-ins.

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If you use a browser other than Firefox, you should be able to access the pages and run the applets. However, mathematical expressions will probably not display correctly, and features that rely on advanced CSS (such as exercise numbers) may not display correctly.

PDF Format

The sections of expository text in the main chapters are provided in PDF form, in case you are unable to use Firefox. However, interactive features such as hyperlinks and applets are not available in the PDF pages, so this is not the recommended way to use the project. Please see the list of the PDF files to access these pages.

Support and Partnerships

This project was partially supported by a two grants from the Course and Curriculum Development Program of the National Science Foundation (award numbers DUE-9652870 and DUE-0089377). This project is also partially supported by the University of Alabama in Huntsville. This project is a partner in the Mathematics Digital Library (MathDL), which is part of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL). MathDL is supported by the National Science Foundation and the Mathematical Association of America. Please see the support and credits page for additional information.

National Science Foundation University of Alabama in Huntsville Mathematical Association of America

Rights and Permissions

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