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Charles J. Fitzsimmons; Lauren Woodbury; Jennifer M. Taber; Lauren K. Schiller; Marta K. Mielicki; Pooja G. Sidney; Karin G. Coifman; Clarissa A. Thompson – Grantee Submission, 2023
Health risks, when presented as ratios (e.g., two out of seven people), are challenging to understand, but visual displays can foster accurate understanding. We conducted three experiments to test how characteristics of numbers (Experiment 1), icon arrays (Experiments 1, 2, and 3), and number lines (Experiments 1 and 3) influenced people's ability…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Risk, Health, Visual Aids
Sutherland, Sinclair; Ridgway, Jim – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2017
Statistical literacy involves engagement with the data one encounters. New forms of data and new ways to engage with data--notably via interactive data visualisations--are emerging. Some of the skills required to work effectively with these new visualisation tools are described. We argue that interactive data visualisations will have as profound…
Descriptors: Statistics, Foreign Countries, Data Interpretation, Teaching Methods
Karazsia, Bryan T.; Wong, Kendal – Teaching of Psychology, 2016
Quantitative and statistical literacy are core domains in the undergraduate psychology curriculum. An important component of such literacy includes interpretation of visual aids, such as tables containing results from statistical analyses. This article presents results of a quasi-experimental study with longitudinal follow-up that tested the…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Followup Studies, Undergraduate Students, Visual Aids
Stander, Julian; Dalla Valle, Luciana – Journal of Statistics Education, 2017
We discuss the learning goals, content, and delivery of a University of Plymouth intensive module delivered over four weeks entitled MATH1608PP Understanding Big Data from Social Networks, aimed at introducing students to a broad range of techniques used in modern Data Science. This module made use of R, accessed through RStudio, and some popular…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, College Mathematics, Statistics
Payne, Brad; Freeman, Jenny; Stillman, Eleanor – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2013
The analysis and interpretation of data are important life skills. A poster challenge for schoolchildren provides an innovative outlet for these skills and demonstrates their relevance to daily life. We discuss our Statistics Poster Challenge and the lessons we have learned.
Descriptors: Statistics, Data Interpretation, Instructional Innovation, Teaching Methods
Pruzek, Robert M.; Helmreich, James E. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2009
A standard topic in many Introductory Statistics courses is the analysis of dependent samples. A simple graphical approach that is particularly relevant to dependent sample comparisons is presented, illustrated and discussed in the context of analyzing five real data sets. Each data set to be presented has been published in a textbook, usually…
Descriptors: Statistics, Introductory Courses, Sampling, Data Analysis