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Obtaining and Applying Public Data for Training Students in Technical Statistical Writing: Case Studies with Data from U.S. Geological Survey and General Ecological Literature
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Barb Bennie; Richard A. Erickson – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2024
Effective undergraduate statistical education requires training using real-world data. Textbook datasets seldom match the complexities and messiness of real-world data and finding these datasets can be challenging for educators. Consulting and industrial datasets often have nondisclosure agreements. Academic datasets often require subject area…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Statistics Education, Data Science, Earth Science
What Quantity Appears on the Vertical Axis of a Normal Distribution? A Student Survey
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Chaput, J. Scott; Crack, Timothy Falcon; Onishchenko, Olena – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2021
How accurately can final-year students majoring in statistics, physics, and finance label the vertical axis of a normal distribution, explain their label, identify units, and answer a question about the impact of horizontal-axis rescaling? Our survey finds that only 27 out of 148 students surveyed (i.e., 18.2%) could label the vertical axis of the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Advanced Students, Business Administration Education, Mathematics Skills