| Article ID: | iaor201226 |
| Volume: | 34 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 21 |
| End Page Number: | 24 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2012 |
| Journal: | Teaching Statistics |
| Authors: | Ernst Michael D |
| Keywords: | learning, probability |
We describe an approach to teaching probability that minimizes the amount of class time spent on the topic while also providing a meaningful (dice-rolling) activity to get students engaged. The activity, which has a surprising outcome, illustrates the basic ideas of informal probability and how probability is used in statistical inference.