Journal: Teaching Statistics

Found 85 papers in total
Randomizing Roaches: Exploring the ‘Bugs’ of Randomization in Experimental Design
Randomizing Roaches: Exploring the ‘Bugs’ of Randomization in Experimental Design
2014,
Understanding the roles of random selection and random assignment in experimental...
Teaching Quality Control with Chocolate Chip Cookies
Teaching Quality Control with Chocolate Chip Cookies
2014,
Chocolate chip cookies are used to illustrate the importance and effectiveness of...
R Tricks for Kids
R Tricks for Kids
2014,
Real‐world phenomena simulation models, which can be used to engage...
Teaching ‘Instant Experience’ with Graphical Model Validation Techniques
Teaching ‘Instant Experience’ with Graphical Model Validation Techniques
2014,
Graphical model validation techniques for linear normal models are often used to check...
Monty's dilemma with no formulas
Monty's dilemma with no formulas
2014,
The article presents an attempt to analyse Monty's dilemma by means of conversational...
Regression Analysis and the Sociological Imagination
Regression Analysis and the Sociological Imagination
2014,
Regression analysis is an important aspect of most introductory statistics courses in...
A Closer Look at the Notorious Birthday Coincidences
A Closer Look at the Notorious Birthday Coincidences
2014,
The article asks about the minimal number of persons required for achieving a...
Using Online Surveys to Promote and Assess Learning
Using Online Surveys to Promote and Assess Learning
2014,
This article explores the use of online survey software to collect data from students...
Measuring the variability of data from other values in the set
Measuring the variability of data from other values in the set
2014,
Students have intuitive notions of the meaning of variability; some may see...
Using playing cards to differentiate probability interpretations
Using playing cards to differentiate probability interpretations
2014,
The aprioristic (classical, naïve and symmetric) and frequentist interpretations...
Including the Tukey Mean-Difference (Bland‐Altman) Plot in a Statistics Course
Including the Tukey Mean-Difference (Bland‐Altman) Plot in a Statistics Course
2014,
The Tukey mean‐difference plot, also called the Bland–Altman plot, is a...
On teaching about the coefficient of variation in introductory statistics courses
On teaching about the coefficient of variation in introductory statistics courses
2014,
The standard deviation is related to the mean by virtue of the coefficient of...
A Hands-on Activity for Teaching the Poisson Distribution Using the Stock Market
A Hands-on Activity for Teaching the Poisson Distribution Using the Stock Market
2014,
The number of increases a particular stock makes over a fixed period follows a Poisson...
Developing Consistency in the Terminology and Display of Bar Graphs and Histograms
Developing Consistency in the Terminology and Display of Bar Graphs and Histograms
2014,
Students often are confused about the differences between bar graphs and histograms....
Sensitivity analysis in statistics teaching
Sensitivity analysis in statistics teaching
2012,
The need to encourage what if questions for statistical thinking in a classroom...
Using carbon emissions data to ‘heat up’ descriptive statistics
Using carbon emissions data to ‘heat up’ descriptive statistics
2012,
This article illustrates using carbon emissions data in an introductory statistics...
The probability distribution for a biased spinner
The probability distribution for a biased spinner
2012,
This article advocates biased spinners as an engaging context for statistics students....
Cleaning data: guess the olympian
Cleaning data: guess the olympian
2012,
This article tackles the problem of what should be done with real textual data that...
Teaching statistics using classic psychology research: an activities-based approach
Teaching statistics using classic psychology research: an activities-based approach
2012,
In this article, we discuss a collection of active learning activities derived from...
Active learning? not with my syllabus!
Active learning? not with my syllabus!
2012,
We describe an approach to teaching probability that minimizes the amount of class...
High-speed hypotheses!
High-speed hypotheses!
2012,
This article presents engaging interactive hypothesis tests which can be conducted...
Classroom projects – full steam ahead
Classroom projects – full steam ahead
2012,
Practical project work based on eBay selling prices is described. It is suitable for...
What is a p-value?
What is a p-value?
2012,
An in-class activity is described that can be used not only to motivate hypothesis...
Buffon's Coin Problem and Beyond
Buffon's Coin Problem and Beyond
2011,
This article describes an investigation of Buffon's coin problem and related problems...
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