Using Real Life Examples to Teach Abstract Statistical Concepts


Authors: 
Nyaradzo Mvududu, Gibbs Y. Kanyongo
Volume: 
33(1)
Pages: 
online
Year: 
2011
Publisher: 
Teaching Statistics
URL: 
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2009.00404.x/full
Abstract: 

This article provides real life examples that can be used to explain statistical concepts. It does not attempt to be exhaustive, but rather, provide a few examples for selected concepts based on what students should know after taking a statistics course

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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