Analytics, Pedagogy and the Pass the Pigs Game
Michael F. Gorman
Operations Management and Decision Sciences, Department of Management Information Systems, School of Business Administration, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 45469, {michael.gorman@udayton.edu}
Abstract
The Pass the Pigs® game provides an opportunity to combine multiple analytical skills sets and problem-solving capabilities in an enjoyable and challenging application. In this paper, I describe how I structure a classroom exercise to help students work through developing, analyzing, and testing strategies for the game. The game utilizes multiple analytics and decision making tools, such as problem framing, data collection and reparation, probability, optimization, heuristics, expert systems, and simulation.
Key words
active learning; classroom games; teaching management; teaching modeling; statistics; optimization; heuristics; Monte Carlo simulation
History
Received November 2011; accepted February 2012.
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Citation Information
Gorman, M. F. 2012. Analytics, Pedagogy and the Pass the Pigs Game. INFORMS Trans. Ed. 13(1) 57–64. Available online at http://ite.pubs.informs.org/.