Type:
Volume:
32(1)
Pages:
Online
Year:
2010
Publisher:
Teaching Statistics
URL:
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123238048/abstract
Abstract:
This article describes an interactive way to help students learn to evaluate central tendency measures using a fictional story. The use of humour and fictional dire consequences may increase student understanding and engagement while reducing anxiety.
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