Journal: Teaching Statistics

Found 85 papers in total
Beginning Bayes
Beginning Bayes
2017,
Understanding a Bayesian perspective demands comfort with conditional probability and...
Introducing perception and modelling of spatial randomness in classroom
Introducing perception and modelling of spatial randomness in classroom
2017,
A strategy to facilitate understanding of spatial randomness is described, using...
Promoting statistical thinking in schools with road injury data
Promoting statistical thinking in schools with road injury data
2017,
Road injury is an immediately relevant topic for 9–19 year olds. Current...
An illustration to assist in comparing and remembering several multiplicity adjustment methods
An illustration to assist in comparing and remembering several multiplicity adjustment methods
2017,
There are many well‐known or new methods to adjust statistical tests for...
The importance of context in task selection
The importance of context in task selection
2017,
Context is at the core of any statistical investigation, yet many statistics tasks...
The storm of the century! Promoting student enthusiasm for applied statistics
The storm of the century! Promoting student enthusiasm for applied statistics
2017,
This article describes a hands‐on activity that has been used with students...
Two-Way Interactions – They're Top of the Pops
Two-Way Interactions – They're Top of the Pops
2000,
A helpful example of interaction in two‐wayanalysis of variance is described.
The Big Ticket: How Not to Design a Game Show
The Big Ticket: How Not to Design a Game Show
2000,
This article analyses a television game show andsuggests improvements.
Six Billion Characters in Search of an Author
Six Billion Characters in Search of an Author
2000,
An introduction to searching the Internet isfollowed by some examples relating to...
Pictograms in Excel
Pictograms in Excel
2000,
This article describes how pictograms can beconstructed using Microsoft Excel.
Storks Deliver Babies (p= 0.008)
Storks Deliver Babies (p= 0.008)
2000,
This article shows that a highly statistically significant correlation exists between...
Assessment of Student Performance in Statistics
Assessment of Student Performance in Statistics
2000,
This article describes assessment and scoringmethods that have been used successfully...
Using Probability Intervals to Evaluate Long-Term Gambling Success
Using Probability Intervals to Evaluate Long-Term Gambling Success
2000,
Simple probability calculations show some of thedangers of gambling.
On Simulating Realizations of Correlated Random Variables
On Simulating Realizations of Correlated Random Variables
2000,
Simulation of correlated observations from athree‐dimensional Normal...
Bar and Pie Charts: Ideas for the Classroom
Bar and Pie Charts: Ideas for the Classroom
2000,
This article gives some ideas for the creation ofbar charts and pie charts, focusing...
When mathematics and statistics collide in assessment tasks
When mathematics and statistics collide in assessment tasks
2016,
Because the disciplines of mathematics and statistics are naturally intertwined,...
Practicing statistics by creating exercises for fellow students
Practicing statistics by creating exercises for fellow students
2016,
This article outlines the execution of a workshop in which students were encouraged to...
The Kaplan‐Meier theatre
The Kaplan‐Meier theatre
2016,
Survival is difficult to estimate when observation periods of individuals differ in...
Fostering comprehension of risk and causation through media case studies
Fostering comprehension of risk and causation through media case studies
2016,
This paper describes a case study for introductory statistics courses that promotes...
Using pig die and simulation to explore probability and expected values
Using pig die and simulation to explore probability and expected values
2016,
We present a variant of the Game of Pig to introduce the concepts of probability,...
An activity for learning to find percentiles
An activity for learning to find percentiles
2016,
This classroom activity is designed to help students practice calculating percentiles....
Teaching the assessment of normality using large easily-generated real data sets
Teaching the assessment of normality using large easily-generated real data sets
2016,
A classroom activity is presented, which can be used in teaching students statistics...
What do the stats tell us? Engaging elementary children in probabilistic reasoning based on data analysis
What do the stats tell us? Engaging elementary children in probabilistic reasoning based on data analysis
2016,
As part of Japanese Lesson study research focusing on ‘comparing and describing...
Crime scenes and mystery players! Using driving questions to support the development of statistical literacy
Crime scenes and mystery players! Using driving questions to support the development of statistical literacy
2016,
We argue that the development of statistical literacy is greatly supported by engaging...
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