Getting More Data into Theoretical Statistics Courses


Book: 
PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies
Authors: 
Moore, T. L.
Editors: 
Winkel, B. J.
Type: 
Category: 
Volume: 
2(4)
Pages: 
348-356
Year: 
1992
Publisher: 
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Place: 
Terre Haute, IN
Abstract: 

At many small colleges the only statistics course offered to a mathematics major is the standard sequence in probability and mathematical statistics. This paper offers concrete suggestions on infusing this course with more data and applications so that students coming out of the course better appreciate the nature of statistics as a discipline separate from mathematics.

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