"Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I am just starting an introductory college probability and statistics class > and was hoping there might be a software package to help me visualize the > different concepts we will be learning. Are there educational packages that > available in this area? > > Thanks for the help, Steve.
You might see if you could peek at a copy of "Comprehending Behavioral Statistics" by Russel Hurlburt. It is an introductory statistics text. The book heavily emphasises teaching students how to eyeball a problem in statistics and rapidly estimate the answer within a handful of percentage points. There is supposed to be an accessory software package called ESTAT, short for "estimating statistics", that helps you learn to accurately make such estimates but I've never seen the software package, and would be interested if someone has an old copy that they are going to toss out. I don't know how successfully students learn this way but I once thought I would try putting in the time and see how I did. But high hopes and the best laid plans... . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
