The readiness test I still like is 25 years old. It was developed by Freedman, Pisani, and Purves, the authors of _Statistics_ (published by Norton, 1st ed. 1978), for use in their course taught out of that book. Their test is published in the intructor's guide to the first edition. (Unfortunately, my books are inaccesible, due to an office move, so I can't give you more details.) One of the things I lilke about the test is that, although it is multiple choice and so quick to grade, it has questions that call for translation from words to algebra, or the reverse. George
The *other* George W. George W. Cobb Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA 01075 413-538-2401 On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Rich Einsporn wrote: > Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 14:36:41 -0400 > From: Rich Einsporn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Statistics readiness test > > 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. > > 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/ . > ================================================================= > . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
