Did the Gamemakers Fix the Lottery in the Hunger Games?

Abstract

The Hunger Games is an annual event in the fictional country of Panem. Each year, 24 children (tributes) are chosen by lottery from 12 districts to fight to the death in the arena for the entertainment of the Capitol citizens. Using statistical analysis and computer simulations, we will explore the possibility that the Gamemakers, those in charge of planning the Hunger Games, fixed the lottery. Using the fictitious data from Suzanne Collins' book the Hunger Games, we show how students can learn how to perform a permutation goodness of fit test.

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“…An example of an existing activity developed for the purpose of statistical outreach to illustrate probability involved the Hunger Games, an annual event in the fictional country of Panem (Caudle and Daniels 2015). The authors used statistical analysis and computer simulations to explore the possibility that the Gamemakers, those in charge of planning the Hunger Games, fixed the lottery.…”

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“…Dreyer (2016) explores THG's potential in international relations and related issues, such as peace, war and justice, while Hand (2015) explores its theological implications and Hackey uses it to show 'the importance of social class and geography in shaping individuals' use of health care ' (2015, p. 776). The variety of subjects that can be discussed with THG as the starting point also includes peace education (McEvoy-Levy, 2015), statistics (Caudle & Daniels, 2015), contemporary problems in adolescents (Beck, 2013;Petrone, Sarigianides, & Lewis, 2014) and ethics (Huang, 2014;Jansen, 2015;Man, 2014;Pheasant-Kelly, 2015).…”