Friday, October 26, 2012: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Exhibit Hall A Room 1 (Convention Center)
Lead Speaker:
Jason Gershman
The popular TV show Dancing with the Stars uses a scoring system with some intriguing statistical aspects. Participants will engage in an interactive session and see the mathematical structure behind the voting and how they can use it to demonstrate descriptive statistics, the binomial, the multinomial, and nonparametrics in their classes.
Presentation Format: 9-12 Gallery Workshop
Grade Band Audience: 9 to 12