A Hands‐on Activity for Teaching the Poisson Distribution Using the Stock Market |
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| Authors: | Mickey Dunlap Sharyn Studstill |
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| Institution: | University of Tennessee – Martin, , Tennessee, USA |
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| Abstract: | The number of increases a particular stock makes over a fixed period follows a Poisson distribution. This article discusses using this easily‐found data as an opportunity to let students become involved in the data collection and analysis process. |
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| Keywords: | Teaching Student activity Poisson distribution Stock market Goodness‐of‐fit test |
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