Book:
Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference On Teaching Statistics (ICOTS-7), Salvador, Brazil.
Editors:
Rossman, A., & Chance, B.
Type:
Category:
Year:
2006
Publisher:
Voorburg, The Netherlands: International Statistical Institute.
URL:
http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications/17/5F2_LOCK.pdf
Abstract:
We discuss our initial experience with offering a version of our standard introductory statistics course that focused primarily on sports related examples, rather than a more traditional selection of applications. This special sports section was offered in parallel with a regular section, covering the same statistical topics, with the same instructor, at the same pace. We examine how the students enrolling in the sports section might differ from the regular, illustrate how we converted material from the regular section to the sports equivalent, compare the performance of students between the two sections and reflect on the effectiveness of the sports-based approach.
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