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/1/7g4_cumm.pdf
Abstract:
Line diagrams may assist statistical understanding, but a colourful animated interactive version may be even better. Modern software, in particular Microsoft Excel, now makes it easy to build such live figures. The author describes live figures and presents examples in the context of promoting understanding and use of confidence intervals. Interface design principles and expertise in statistical education should be combined to develop effective live figures. Animation, multiple representations, engagement through interactivity, and vivid 'take-home' images can all be valuable. Investigation of how best to design live figures and use them with journal papers and books should prove educationally valuable.
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