The Gourmet Guide to Statistics: For an Instructional Strategy That Makes Teaching and Learning Statistics a Piece of Cake.

Authors: 
Edirisooriya, G.
Editors: 
Goodall, G.
Type: 
Journal Article
Category: 
Teaching
Volume: 
25(1)
Pages: 
5-Feb
Year: 
2003
Publisher: 
Teaching Statistics
Abstract: 

This article draws analogies between the activities of statisticians and of chefs. It suggests how these analogies can be used in teaching, both to help understanding of what statistics is about and to increase motivation to learn the subject.

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