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/1/5a3_enge.pdf
Abstract:
Instructional methods involving students in activities for exploring statistical concepts have proven to be highly effective. Formal mathematics, on the other hand, constitutes the basis of inductive reasoning. This paper reports on an "ActivStats" class for college math majors that teaches statistical concepts as well as mathematical foundations. Its basis is a four-step procedure comprising problem analysis, student activities, computer simulation, and formal mathematical analysis.
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