Shonda Kuiper (Grinnell College), Tyler George (Cornell College), Lisa Kay (Eastern Kentucky University), Abhishek Chakraborty (Lawrence University)
Abstract
This session will demonstrate how to access and teach with freely available online statistical games that encourage students to learn statistics in a fun and engaging way. Students can grow crops, manage disease spread, or even sell coffee, all while learning statistics. Each game, with associated activities, teaches core statistical concepts as its focus, such as variability, correlation, and regression. Many games collect data by user and class and offer corresponding shiny applications to allow students to easily visualize sampling variability, understand the adequacy of their model(s), and evaluate model assumptions. Participants should have knowledge of regression and hypothesis testing and bring a laptop to the session.