Probably Fun¶

Lesson plans for teaching statistics with games

by Dr. Kristian Rother

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Games to teach Statistics
Data Portrait
Push your Luck with Frequencies
Quartet Statistics
Statistics Memory
Memory Probability Tree
Memory Simulation
Armadillos with Expecations
Urban Expectation Values
Guess Correlations
Binomial Magic Mountain
Age of AI
Wordle Entropy
Animal Decision Tree
Pandemic Centrality
Dice Bakery Hypothesis
Data Model Splendor
More Games

Acknowledgements

This book would not have been possible without the guidance of Christina Valentiner-Brandt of the Brettspielakademie. It has benefited from discussions with my brilliant data teacher colleagues Paula Gonzales-Avalos and Hilal Işık. I would also like to thank Isabelle Kranabetter and Tilo Storz for the professional exchange. I thank my fellow participants at the Brettspielakademie courses in Hamburg and Herne. Special thanks go to John Zimmer, Florian Mueck, Adam Weisbart and the developers of the Stryer Biochemistry Game who were the first to show me that you can make teaching games that are actually fun to play. Finally, I’d like to thank all my students at the SRH University Berlin and the Fresenius University Berlin who playtested my lessons.

It was fun playing with you!