TIRONA, Raeden Mark P.

GED102 – E01

WRITING EXERCISE 7/ ASSIGNMENT (PP.306-307)

THE GALTON BOARD

1. Things that I significantly learned from the video clip

 The galton board demonstrates centuries-old mathematical concepts in an

innovative desktop device.

 It incorporates sir Francis galton (1822- 1911) illustration of the binomial

distribution, which for the large number of beads approximates the normal
distribution.

 It also has a superimposed pascals triangle (blaise pascal, 1623- 1662),

which is a triangle of numbers that follows the rule of adding the two
numbers above to get the number below.
2. Things that are still unclear to me

 At first, I cant imagine the galton board and I dont really know how does
it works. However, in the video clip it is all explained and they give a lot of
information about the origin up until the modern used of galton board.

 It is also discussed that when it rotates on its axis, the 3,000 beads
cascade through rows of symmetrically placed pegs in the desktop-sized
galton board.

 As I watched the video clip, I figured a lot of things about the things I
cant truly understand at the beginning.
3. I used to think that
 It doesn’t have to do with out daily lives or it cant be used in our lives
however the galton board emphasizes the application of knowledge to
real-life situations. It could also help the students specifically the ones
who has a major course about statistics and probability.
4. Three questions that I want to ask about the video clip

 Can galton board used in testing probability of any given situation?

 What is the application of galton board in our lives?

 What is the importance of having a background knowledge in statics

and probability?