Incorporating Laboratory Experiments in an Introductory Statistics Course


Authors: 
Martinez-Dawson, R.
Category: 
Volume: 
11(1)
Pages: 
Online
Year: 
2003
Publisher: 
Journal of Statistics Education
URL: 
http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v11n1/martinez-dawson.html
Abstract: 

Laboratory experiments using spectrophotometers and pH meters were incorporated into an undergraduate introductory statistics course in order to create an interdisciplinary approach of teaching statistics to non-statistics majors. By conducting laboratory experiments commonly associated with science-based curricula, students were exposed to the relationship between science and statistics through experimental design and data analysis. The laboratory experiments used in the course are related to fields such as chemistry, biology, and environmental sciences and are described in this article.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education

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