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Peer reviewedWard, Roger A.; Grasha, Anthony F. – Teaching of Psychology, 1986
Provides a classroom demonstration designed to test an astrological hypothesis and help teach introductory psychology students about research design and data interpretation. Illustrates differences between science and nonscience, the role of theory in developing and testing hypotheses, making comparisons among groups, probability and statistical…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPechenik, Jan A.; Tashiro, Jay Shiro – American Biology Teacher, 1992
This paper suggests an inexpensive way for encouraging discussions of experimental design and data interpretation for all grade levels. The discussion begins with the presentation of a graph or table from the scientific literature. Questions are then asked in six steps to promote an understanding of the information contained. (PR)
Descriptors: Biology, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education, Graphs
