The development and evaluation of a survey that makes use of<br>student data to teach statistic


Authors: 
David L. Neumann, Michelle M. Neumann, and Michelle Hood
Volume: 
18(1)
Pages: 
online
Year: 
2010
Publisher: 
Journal of Statistics education
URL: 
http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v18n1/neumann.pdf
Abstract: 

The use of a real data set has the potential to increase engagement and learning in students<br><br>who enrol in a statistics course at university. The present report describes the development of<br><br>an approach that uses a real data set, but one that is collected from the students. The questions<br><br>are designed so that the data set can be used throughout the course to illustrate relevant<br><br>concepts and methods in the application of introductory statistics. An evaluation was<br><br>conducted via individual interviews with a random sample of 38 students. Quantitative and<br><br>qualitative responses indicated that the survey led to in-class participation, was perceived to<br><br>be a different approach, and contributed to an interest in, understanding of, and appreciation<br><br>of the relevance of statistics. The creative use of student data is recommended to facilitate the<br><br>learning of statistics

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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