| Article ID: | iaor201522385 |
| Volume: | 36 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 88 |
| End Page Number: | 92 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2014 |
| Journal: | Teaching Statistics |
| Authors: | Dunlap Mickey, Studstill Sharyn |
| Keywords: | statistics: distributions |
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.