Statistics for the twenty-first century / Florence Gordon and Sheldon Gordon, editors.
| Other author | Gordon, Florence. |
| Other author | Gordon, Sheldon. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | [Place of publication not identified] : Mathematical Association of America, ©1992. |
| Description | xii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | MAA notes ; no. 26 MAA notes ; no. 26. ^A240125 |
| Contents | Issues in statistical education : Towards lean and lively courses in statistics -- Teaching statistics as a respectable subject -- A multidisciplinary conversation on the first course in statistics -- Mathematics and statistics: an uneasy marriage -- Remedial statistics?: the implications for colleges of the changing secondary school curriculum -- Diagnostic testing for introductory statistics courses. Innovative curricula for statistical education : Data, discernment and decision: an empirical approach to introductory statistics -- Providing a statistical "model": teaching applied statistics using real-world data -- Low-tech ideas for teaching statistics -- Student-conducted projects in introductory statistics courses -- Hands-on activities in introductory statistics -- An introductory statistics course: the nonparametric way -- The quest for randomness and its statistical applications -- The psychology of learning probability. |
| Contents | (cont.) Technology in statistical education : Does the computer help us understand statistics? -- Exploring probability and statistics usingcomputer graphics -- Computer graphics and simulations in teaching statistics -- Sampling + simulations = statistical understanding: computer graphics simulations of sampling distributions -- Computer simulations to motivate understanding -- Using spreadsheets in teaching statistics -- Using HyperCard to teach statistics -- Graphing calculator enhanced introductory statistics. Resources for statistical education : Bibliography of materials for teaching statistics -- CHANCE: case studies of current chance issues -- Annotated bibliography of sources of real-world datasets useful for teaching applied statistics -- Is anyone out there?: electronic connections to the statistics community. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Other title | Statistics for the twenty first century. |
| LCCN | 92060194 |
| ISBN | 0883850788 |