| Article ID: | iaor201112182 |
| Volume: | 33 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 34 |
| End Page Number: | 37 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Journal: | Teaching Statistics |
| Authors: | Schneiter Kady |
| Keywords: | statistics: general |
This article describes an investigation of Buffon's coin problem and related problems with the aid of an applet. The problems are accessible at a variety of grade levels and facilitate making connections between geometry and probability.