How faithful is Old Faithful? Statistical thinking: A story of variation and prediction.

Authors: 
Shaughnessy, J. M., & Pfannkuch, M.
Type: 
Journal Article
Category: 
Teaching
Volume: 
95
Pages: 
252-259
Year: 
2002
Publisher: 
Mathematics Teacher
URL: 
RISE
Abstract: 

In this article data from Old Faithful geysers are introduced to highlight the important role that variation should play in our teaching of statistics. Our past teaching may have overemphasized the role of centers to the neglect of issues of spread and variability.

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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