Some Class-Participation Demonstrations for Decision Theory and Bayesian Statistics

Abstract We present several classroom demonstrations that have sparked student involvement in our undergraduate course in decision theory and Bayesian statistics. Some of the demonstrations involve student participation, while others are essentially lectures with extra class discussion.

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