Decision Making: Probability and Risk Assessment

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Introduction

Module at a Glance

Guide to the Module

Activity 1: Estimating Probabilities
Student Investigation: Marble Mania

Activity 2: Surveying a Population
(Student Investigation: Creating a Survey)

Activity 3: Comparing Risks of Injury
Student Investigation: Rank the Risks

Activity 4: Evaluating Evidence of Risk
Student Investigation: Check the Evidence

Activity 5: Risk Analysis and Reduction
Student Investigation: Reduce the Risk

Activity 6: Analyzing Survey Data
Student Investigation: What Does Your Survey Show?

Activity 7: Investigating Chance and Probability
Student Investigation: Heads or Tails?

Activity 8: Making Decisions With Limited Evidence
Student Investigation: The Injection Problem

Activity 9: Quantitative Risk Analysis
Student Investigation: The Smallpox Story

Activity 10: Investigating Cumulative Risk
Student Investigation: Roll Again!

Activity 11: Risk Mitigation
Student Investigation: Be Prepared!

Appendix A: Materials
Appendix B: Background
Appendix C: Assessment
Appendix D: Glossary

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