Tools, Games, & Resources

Tools:

Law of Large Numbers Visualizer

Two key results of probability theory are the Weak and Strong Laws of Large Numbers. In essence, they say a large number of random variables can (probably) have an average close to the mean of the distribution.

Click here for an interactive visualization

Games:

There are lots of ways to intuit mathematics. One way that has been particularly useful to me is through games. Here’s a couple games for some key mathematical concepts from my experiences.

So... You Want to be a Gerrymanderer?

The idea of cleverly picking groups to advantage your own interests sounds like something straight out of a board game. To understand gerrymandering, it might be best to try it for yourself!

Click here to out-gerrymander an opponent

Resources:

Below are some open-source data sources that I have used personally and find to be easy to use.

• “Redistricting Data Hub” ( https://redistrictingdatahub.org/ ) – Collection of datasets for every US state at mostly every level of granularity necessary.
• “Data.gov” ( https://data.gov/ ) – A home for all the open data available from the US government
• “Network Data Repository” ( https://networkrepository.com/ ) – A hub with specifically network-based datasets of all sorts (e.g. biological, social, transportation, etc.)