Statistics 105 - Real-Life Statistics: Your Chance for Happiness (or Misery)


Authors: 
Xiao-Li Meng, with Yves Chretien, Paul Edlefsen, Kari Lock, and Cassandra Wolos
Volume: 
3(11)
Pages: 
online
Year: 
2008
Publisher: 
causeweb.org
URL: 
http://www.causeweb.org/webinar/2008-11/
Abstract: 

Statistics 105 is a team-designed course that has received local media attention (e.g., www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/02.14/11-stats.html). Its course description promises the following:<br><br>Discover an appreciation of statistical principles and reasoning via "Real-Life Modules" that can make you rich or poor (financial investments), loved or lonely (on-line dating), healthy or ill (clinical trials), satisfied or frustrated (chocolate/wine tasting) and more. Guaranteed to bring happiness (or misery) both to students who have never taken a previous statistics course, and to those who have taken statistics and want to see how statistical thinking applies to so many areas of life.<br><br>This webinar will reveal its history, pedagogical motivation, innovations, and challenges along the way.

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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