Article ID: | iaor201112209 |
Volume: | 33 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 78 |
End Page Number: | 80 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2011 |
Journal: | Teaching Statistics |
Authors: | Keeling Kellie |
Keywords: | statistics: general |
To combat students' fear of statistics I employ my students at a fictional company, Stats Dairy, run by cows. Almost all examples used in the class notes, exercises, humour and exams use data ‘collected’ from this company.