Using real data and technology to develop statistical thinking.

Book: 
Thinking and reasoning with data and chance: Sixty-eighth Yearbook.
Authors: 
Connor, D., Davies, N., & Holmes, P.
Editors: 
Burrill, G. F.
Type: 
Chapter
Category: 
Teaching
Pages: 
185-194
Year: 
2006
Publisher: 
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Reston, VA.
Abstract: 

This article describes some internet-based projects using real data produced and collected from students in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. We believe that these projects enable students to understand better the reasons for data collection and ad a dimension to their learning.

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