Resampling & simulation are helpful in teaching inference, because they make evident the probabilty process being assessed.
> > "Esa M. Rantanen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Dear All, > > > > I have been exasperated by a particular deficiency (in my view) of > > many graduate students in dealing with their data, namely, delving > > into often complex statistical analyses without first having a good > > 'feel' of where the data came from and what they should be looking > > for. I was recently 'venting' my frustration to a colleague, who > > will be teaching a two-course graduate stats 'package' in the near > > future. We discussed ways to impress the importance of 'looking at > > the data' on the students. I would like to pose the same questions > > to members of this list; specifically, > > > > (1) how do you rate the importance of exploratory and (in particular) > > graphical analysis of data prior to doing inferential statistics, and > > > > (2) how do you (or, would) incorporate these aspects of statistics > > into your teaching? > > > > I am looking forward to your insights into these questions. > > > > Best, > > > > Esa > > -- > > ------------------------------------ > > Esa M. Rantanen, Ph.D. > > Assistant Professor > > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > > Institute of Aviation, Aviation Human Factors Division > > Willard Airport-One Airport Road, Q5, MC-394 > > Savoy, IL 61874 > > Tel. 217-244-8657 (AHFD) > > Tel. 217-244-7397 (Psych.) > > Tel. 217-373-8276 (Home) > > Fax 217-244-8647 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > url: http://www.aviation.uiuc.edu/new/html/ARL/Esa_Rantanen.html > > ------------------------------------ > > . > > . > > ================================================================= > > 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/ . =================================================================
