I thought the following paper would be relevant for the present discussion on "statistics readiness". I hope you find it useful.
http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v5n3/giraud.html cheeriOs, P _____________________________________ Pradyumna Sribharga Upadrashta, PhD Student Scientific Computation, UofMN >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Roberts >Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 4:36 PM >To: Rich Einsporn; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [edstat] Statistics readiness test > > >At 02:36 PM 10/7/03 -0400, Rich Einsporn wrote: >>Greetings, >> >>I 'm hoping someone has a link to a test that would be given to >>incoming college students to measure their level of readiness >for a typical stats >>course. The tests that I am familiar with are more suited to placing >>students in algebra, calculus, or other math courses. What I am >>looking for would be a test that is geared specifically toward >>statistics. > >but, isn't general math ... what you really need? maybe using >a calculator >... simple algebra ... knowing how to solve simple equations ... basic >operations like (yes ... it IS basic) adding, subtracting, >multiplying, >dividing, taking roots ... etc. > > >>Thanks for the help. >> >>Rich Einsporn >>U. of Akron >> >>. >>. ================================================================= >>Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the >>problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: >>. http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . >>================================================================= > >---------------------------------------------------------- >Dennis Roberts >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Web: http://roberts.ed.psu.edu/users/droberts/drober~1.htm > >. >. ================================================================= >Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about >the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: >. http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . >================================================================= > . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
