Easy Implementation of Writing in Introductory Statistics Courses

1996 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnold J. Stromberg ◽  
Subathra Ramanathan
Keyword(s):  
Introductory Statistics ◽  
Statistics Courses

Repeat Examinations in Introductory Statistics Courses

1987 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Introductory Statistics ◽  
Study Guide ◽  
Final Examination ◽  
Course Material ◽  
Statistics Courses

In order to reduce test anxiety and to encourage the learning of course material, students were given the opportunity to offset a poor lecture examination grade by taking a second, equivalent exam. The repeat exam provided immediate reward for using the initial exam as a study guide. Students who took two or three repeat exams had higher final examination grades than those who took fewer repeats. The repeat exam procedure was well received by all students, helped weaker students to keep up with the course, and was convenient for the instructor to implement.

The Nonparametric Approach in Elementary Statistics

1974 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-126
Author(s):  
Gottfried E. Noether
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Graduation Requirements ◽  
Introductory Statistics ◽  
Nonparametric Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Statistics Course ◽  
Statistics Courses ◽  
Carry Over ◽  
Elementary Statistics

Introductory statistics courses are taken each year by hundreds of thousands of students across the country. These students come from many fields: the life sciences, humanities, education, agriculture, business, but above all from the social sciences. They rarely take statistics voluntarily. They sign up for the course because of departmental or graduation requirements. The great majority has minimal preparation in mathematics, rarely more than they bring along from high school. They carry over into statistics their prejudices of mathematics and quite often, justifiably so. Teachers of statistics courses should then ask themselves how they can make the introductory statistics course statistically meaningful and not simply an exercise in mathematics or, what may even be worse, a meaningless compendium of statistical techniques.

scholarly journals Metrology in Introductory Statistics Courses

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Michele Casleton ◽  
Ulrike Genschel
Keyword(s):  
Introductory Statistics ◽  
Statistics Courses

An Intuitive Approach to Teaching Analysis of Variance

1989 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Introductory Statistics ◽  
Statistical Procedures ◽  
Operational Level ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Statistics Courses ◽  
Concrete Operational

A significant number of students in introductory statistics courses may function at Piaget's concrete operational level of thought. These students may find it difficult to understand the complex correlations and interactions between variables that typify many statistical procedures. A technique for introducing analysis of variance (ANOVA) in a concrete fashion is presented. This technique leads students to an intuitive understanding of the concepts of between- and within-groups variance and their relationship to each other.

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