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Actuarial Foundation, 2012
The purpose of these modules is to provide an introduction to the world of probability and statistics to accelerated mathematics students at the high school level. The materials are centered on the fictional town of Happy Shores, a coastal community which is at risk for hurricanes. Actuaries at an insurance company figure out the risks and…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Probability, Statistics, Learning Modules
MacFarland, Thomas W. – 1989
Intended for classroom use only, these unpublished notes contain computer lessons on descriptive statistics using SPSS-X Release 3.0 for VAX/UNIX. Statistical measures covered include Chi-square analysis; Spearman's rank correlation coefficient; Student's t-test with two independent samples; Student's t-test with a paired sample; One-way analysis…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Chi Square, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
MacFarland, Thomas W. – 1989
Intended for classroom use only, these unpublished notes contain computer lessons on descriptive statistics with files previously created in WordPerfect 4.2 and Lotus 1-2-3 Version 1.A for the IBM PC+. The statistical measures covered include Student's t-test with two independent samples; Student's t-test with a paired sample; Chi-square analysis;…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Chi Square, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
MacFarland, Thomas W.; Hou, Cheng-I – 1989
This guide for using Minitab requires DOS version 2.0 or greater, 512K RAM memory, two double-sided diskette drives, and a graphics monitor. Topics covered in the tutorial are Getting started; Installation; Making a data diskette; Entering data; Central tendency and dispersion; t-test; Chi-square test; Oneway ANOVA test; Twoway ANOVA test; and…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Chi Square, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
MacFarland, Thomas W.; Hou, Cheng-I – 1989
The purpose of this tutorial is to provide the basic information needed for success with SPSS/PC+ Studentware, a student version of the statistical analysis software offered by SPSS, Inc., for the IBM PC+ and compatible computers. It is intended as a convenient summary of how to organize and conduct the most common computer-based statistical…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Chi Square, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education
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MacFarland, Thomas W. – 1989
This study guide presents lessons on hand calculating various statistics: Central Tendency and Dispersion; Tips on Data Presentation; Two-Tailed and One-Tailed Tests of Significance; Error Types; Standard Scores; Non-Parametric Tests such as Chi-square, Spearman Rho, Sign Test, Wilcoxon Matched Pairs, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, and Rank Sums;…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Chi Square, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education
Girden, Ellen R. – 1996
This book in intended to train students in reading a research report critically. It uses actual research articles as examples including both good and flawed studies in each category and provides interpretation and evaluation of the appropriateness of the statistical analyses in each study. Individual chapters usually include two sample studies and…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Case Studies, Classification, Comparative Analysis