Teaching Note Computing, Statistics, And The Lottery

Author

John Wesley Hamblen, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Abstract

Lotteries are now prevalent throughout the world, and so are personal computers. The basic principles of probability and statistics that apply to the lotteries can now be computed by almost anyone with the proper formulas. Examples related to the lotteries are given to illustrate the Central Limit Theorem. An algorithm is presented for generating all combinations of n objects taken r at a time with examples from "C6. Insights into the development and improvement of the algorithm are given for the benefit of students of elementary computer science. © 1990, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

Recommended Citation

J. W. Hamblen, "Teaching Note Computing, Statistics, And The Lottery," Computer Science Education, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 369 - 374, Taylor and Francis Group; Routledge, Jan 1990.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1080/0899340900010409

Department(s)

Computer Science

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1744-5175; 0899-3408

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2023 Taylor and Francis Group; Routledge, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 1990