Book:
Proceedings of the sixth international conference on teaching statistics, Developing a statistically literate society
Editors:
Phillips, B.
Type:
Category:
Pages:
Online
Year:
2002
Publisher:
International Statistical Institute
URL:
http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications/1/6c2_taub.pdf
Abstract:
In this work, we describe the elements of meaning related to normal distribution, which appear in a data analysis course based on the use of computers. The course was directed to students in their first year of university studies. We study the elements implemented in a teaching unit for the normal distribution in which computers were introduced as a didactic tool. We pay special attention to the specific meaning conveyed by the use of computers as well as to the meaning attributed by the students throughout the teaching sequence.
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