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Puerta, Alejandro; Ramírez-Hassan, Andrés – Education Economics, 2022
We examine the effect of an integrity pilot campaign on undergraduates' behavior. As with many costly small-scale experiments and pilot programs, our statistical inference has to rely on small sample size. To tackle this issue, we perform a Bayesian retrospective power analysis. In our setup, a lecturer intentionally makes mistakes that favors…
Descriptors: Ethics, Integrity, Pilot Projects, Undergraduate Students
Pfannkuch, Maxine; Forbes, Sharleen; Harraway, John; Budgett, Stephanie; Wild, Chris – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2013
This report summarizes the research activities and findings from the Teaching and Learning Research Initiative (TLRI)-funded project conducted in Year 13, introductory university and workplace classes, entitled "'Bootstrapping' Statistical Inferential Reasoning". The project was a 2-year collaboration among three statisticians, two…
Descriptors: Sampling, Statistical Inference, Higher Education, Workplace Learning
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Thrasher, Emily; Starling, Tina; Lovett, Jennifer N.; Doerr, Helen M.; Lee, Hollylynne S. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2015
This paper explores the impact on teachers' self-efficacy to teach statistics from a graduate course aimed to develop teachers' knowledge of inferential statistics through engaging in data analysis using technology. This study uses qualitative and quantitative data from the Self-Efficacy to Teach Statistics Survey (Harrell-Williams et al., 2013)…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Self Efficacy, Graduate Students, Statistical Inference
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Bliss, Carolyn; Webb, Jeff; St. Andre, Mark – Journal of General Education, 2012
This article reports the results of a quantitative matching study investigating the impact on first-year students of a two-semester learning community. Results indicate a statistically significant association between LEAP participation and academic performance measured by retention, GPA, and time to graduation. Participation was associated with…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation