Probability: A Matter of Life and Death

Autor/inn/en	Hassani, Mehdi; Kippen, Rebecca; Mills, Terence
Titel	Probability: A Matter of Life and Death
Quelle	In: Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 30 (2016) 1, S.18-24 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0819-4564
Schlagwörter	Probability; Mathematical Concepts; Death; Mortality Rate; Mathematics Instruction; Teaching Methods; Relevance (Education); Problem Solving; Equations (Mathematics); Tables (Data); Statistical Analysis; Computation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Mortalitätsrate; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Relevance; Relevanz; Problemlösen; Equations; Mathematics; Gleichungslehre; Tabelle; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Life tables are mathematical tables that document probabilities of dying and life expectancies at different ages in a society. Thus, the life table contains some essential features of the health of a population. Probability is often regarded as a difficult branch of mathematics. Life tables provide an interesting approach to introducing concepts in probability. Concepts such as complementary events and conditional probability become easy to understand when presented in the context of a life table. Furthermore, in the authors' experience, they can generate useful class discussion as students begin to link the mathematics to life, and death, in society. This article presents 12 problems that illustrate how life tables can be used to explain ideas in probability theory, followed by detailed solutions and comments. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2021/2/06