On 20 Dec 1999, Don Taylor wrote in part:
> Has anyone tried using "Comprehending Behavioral Statistics"
> by Russell T. Hurlburt, Brooks Cole, 1994 (that I saw)
>
> It seems to be the usual sort of intro stat text, but with a twist.
> He makes a large point of showing students how to "eyeball" a dataset
> and by doing this to be able to extract the parameters with a fairly
> high degree of accuracy.
Sounds refreshing. Might even convey, sort of subliminally, the notion
that accuracy (or precision) is something one might be interested in...
< snip, description of Hurlburt's approach >
> I was considering trying some of the ideas out and thought I would ask
> for opinions before subjecting students to one more questionable idea.
There are hardly any ideas worth considering that aren't questionable.
Won't hurt students to have "one more questionable idea" to work with.
They get plenty as it is, and usually without much concern for their
"questionability" on the part of their mentors. Occupational hazard.
Live with it.
-- Don.
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