Dear Manuel, Thanks for the reply. Radiant looks quite interesting, but is a bit too complex for what I'm looking for. I fear my students would get lost in the interface. Additionally, as far as I can tell, it doesn't do bootstrapping or randomization tests. Best, Chris
On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 9:26 AM Manuel Spínola <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Chris, > > How about Radiant? > > Manuel > > El mar., 3 dic. 2019 a las 7:53, Christopher David Desjardins (< > [email protected]>) escribió: > >> Hi, >> >> I teach an introductory statistics course for non-stat/math majors that >> are >> primarily coming from the social sciences or business. I am using the Lock >> textbook, http://www.lock5stat.com/, and their software StatKey, >> http://www.lock5stat.com/StatKey/. I really like the way that StatKey >> does >> randomization tests and bootstrapping, however, I don't like that it's not >> possible to perform theory-based tests on their website (e.g., if I wanted >> my students to perform an independent samples t-test not by hand or run a >> simple linear regression). >> >> Ideally what I was hoping for was to use R in my introductory classes but >> to have some way to make it less intimidating. I want my students to be >> able to run descriptives and create basic graphics (including dot plots), >> randomization tests, bootstrapping, and run t-tests, chi-square, ANOVA, >> and >> regression. >> >> I tried using RStudio, but it is still overkill for what I want my >> students >> to be able to do. They don't need an IDE. Randall Pruim has kindly made a >> PDF for using R with Lock5, but that is too much for what I want my >> students need. Programming isn't a principal outcome of my course. >> >> I have looked in JASP and jamovi as well, but they don't fit my needs. >> >> The closest thing I have found to what I'm looking for is Rcmdr, but it >> freezes on my Mac periodically regardless of if I use it from the >> Terminal, >> the R GUI, or RStudio. Has anyone else encountered that issue? Rcmdr is >> great because it's GUI driven but also pastes the R code, which is nice >> for >> the more advanced students in the class. >> >> What I am wondering is. >> >> 1. Is anyone using R with Lock5 and how do you use R to do it? >> 2. Does anyone know of a Shiny app that does what StatKey does AND >> includes >> some options for descriptives and inference similar to Rcmdr? I am >> basically looking for a Shiny StatCrunch. >> >> I have thought about creating a Shiny app to do all of this, but if >> someone >> already has a wonderful solution, I don't want to reinvent the wheel. I >> created something very, very basic[1] for my students just to explore the >> Lock5 data and I just might need to expand on it to get what I want. >> >> Thanks for reading my long winded email, >> Chris >> >> [1]: https://cddesja.shinyapps.io/lock5explorer/ >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-teaching >> > > > -- > *Manuel Spínola, Ph.D.* > Instituto Internacional en Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre > Universidad Nacional > Apartado 1350-3000 > Heredia > COSTA RICA > [email protected] <[email protected]> > [email protected] > Teléfono: (506) 8706 - 4662 > Personal website: Lobito de río > <https://sites.google.com/site/lobitoderio/> > Institutional website: ICOMVIS <http://www.icomvis.una.ac.cr/> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-teaching
