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The coin die experiment consists of first tossing a coin, and then rolling a red die if the coin lands head or a green die if the coin lands tails. The coin score I (1 for heads and 0 for tails) and the die score X are recorded on each update. The probability distribution that governs the red die and the distribution that governs the green die can be chosen separately from list boxes. The following distributions are available for each die:
  • fair: each face has probability 1/6
  • 1-6 flat: faces 1 and 6 have probability 1/4 each; faces 2, 3, 4, and 5 have probability 1/8 each.
  • 2-5 flat: faces 2 and 5 have probability 1/4 each; faces 1, 3, 4, and 6 have probability 1/8 each.
  • 3-4 flat: faces 3 and 4 have probability 1/4 each; faces 1, 2, 5, and 6 have probability 1/8 each.
  • skewed left: face i has probability i / 21 for i = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
  • skewed right: face i has probability (7 - i) / 21 for i = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
The probability of heads p for the coin can be varied with a scroll bar. The density and moments of X are shown in blue in the graph and are recorded in the second table. On each update, the empirical density and moments of X are shown in red in the graph and are recorded in the second table.

Software/Applets used on this page

PSOL
an applet from PSOL from UAH

Glossary

density

the ratio of the mass of an object to its volume

graph

A diagram showing a relationship between two variables.
The diagram shows a vertical y axis and a horizontal x axis.

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CIE A-Level (UK)S1ProbabilityExperimental-
Edexcel A-Level (UK - Pre-2017)S1ProbabilityExperimental-
Edexcel AS Maths 2017StatisticsProbabilityExperimental Probabilities-
Edexcel AS/A2 Maths 2017StatisticsProbabilityExperimental Probabilities-
I.B. Higher Level5ProbabilityExperimental-
I.B. Standard Level5ProbabilityExperimental-
Methods (UK)M15ProbabilityExperimental-
I.B. (MSSL)3ProbabilityExperimental-
OCR A-Level (UK - Pre-2017)S1ProbabilityExperimental-
OCR AS Maths 2017StatisticsProbabilityExperimental Probabilities-
OCR MEI AS Maths 2017StatisticsProbabilityExperimental Probabilities-
OCR-MEI A-Level (UK - Pre-2017)S1ProbabilityExperimental-
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Scottish (Highers + Advanced)HSProbabilityExperimental-
Scottish HighersSProbabilityExperimental-
Universal (all site questions)PProbabilityExperimental-
WJEC A-Level (Wales)S1ProbabilityExperimental-