The Nature of Mathematics, 12th Edition
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This site discussing using tables to represent data.
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/discussions/pd6.html

This interesting site introduces probability and includes many links to famous probability problems:
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/probability.html

You can explore Example 9 by playing with this interactive site called The Monty Hall Dilemma:
http://www.cut-the-knot.com/hall.html

Here is another variation of The Monty Hall Dilemma:
http://www.svgs.k12.va.us/math/Statistics/Doors/Doorpage.htm

There is an introduction to probability at this excellent site:
http://mathforum.org/dr/math/faq/faq.prob.intro.html

Here is an interactive coin-flipping site:
http://shazam.econ.ubc.ca/flip/

Here is an interactive site for rolling one or two dice.
http://www.eserc.stonybrook.edu/ProjectJava/lisa1998/prob/

This site asks the question, "Can you predict what happens next?" It gives a nice introduction to random choices.
http://polymer.bu.edu/java/java/winning/WinningStreak.html