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Direct linkTaylor, Laura; Doehler, Kirsten – Journal of Statistics Education, 2015
This paper examines the use of a randomization-based activity to introduce the ANOVA F-test to students. The two main goals of this activity are to successfully teach students to comprehend ANOVA F-tests and to increase student comprehension of sampling distributions. Four sections of students in an advanced introductory statistics course…
Descriptors: Sampling, Statistical Distributions, Statistical Analysis, Mathematics Activities
Kaplan, Jennifer J.; Gabrosek, John G.; Curtiss, Phyllis; Malone, Chris – Journal of Statistics Education, 2014
Histograms are adept at revealing the distribution of data values, especially the shape of the distribution and any outlier values. They are included in introductory statistics texts, research methods texts, and in the popular press, yet students often have difficulty interpreting the information conveyed by a histogram. This research identifies…
Descriptors: Statistical Distributions, Graphs, Undergraduate Students, Misconceptions
Froelich, Amy G.; Stephenson, W. Robert – Journal of Statistics Education, 2013
As a part of an opening course survey, data on eye color and gender were collected from students enrolled in an introductory statistics course at a large university over a recent four year period. Biologically, eye color and gender are independent traits. However, in the data collected from our students, there is a statistically significant…
Descriptors: Genetics, Gender Differences, Color, Statistics
Strazzeri, Kenneth Charles – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purposes of this study were to investigate (a) undergraduate students' reasoning about the concepts of confidence intervals (b) undergraduate students' interactions with "well-designed" screencast videos on sampling distributions and confidence intervals, and (c) how screencast videos improve undergraduate students' reasoning ability…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Video Technology, Statistics, Logical Thinking
Matz, David C.; Hause, Emily L. – Teaching of Psychology, 2008
We describe an easy-to-employ, hands-on demonstration using playing cards to illustrate the central limit theorem. This activity allows students to see how a collection of sample means drawn from a nonnormally distributed population will be normally distributed. Students who took part in the demonstration reported it to be helpful in understanding…
Descriptors: Sampling, Probability, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Distributions
Mecklin, Christopher J.; Donnelly, Robert G. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2005
In this paper, we consider some combinatorial and statistical aspects of the popular "Powerball" lottery game. It is not difficult for students in an introductory statistics course to compute the probabilities of winning various prizes, including the "jackpot" in the Powerball game. Assuming a unique jackpot winner, it is not difficult to find the…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Statistics, Games, Game Theory
