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, and Java for the applets. See the Introduction for more information about the technologies used.

To use this project, you will need the Mozilla Firefox browser, either Version 2.x with the MIT MathML fonts installed, or Version 3.x with the STIX fonts installed (preferred). You will also need the Java plug-in (version 1.5 or later) and JavaScript 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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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) and 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

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