RE: Teaching statistics

[Dennis Goff]

Melady,

Here are references for two activities that my students enjoyed and learned from.

Dennis

 

   Smith, R. A. (1999). A tasty sample(r): Teaching about sampling using M & M's. In L. T. Benjamin, Jr., B. F. Nodine, R. M. Ernst, & C. Blair-Broeker (Eds.) Activities Handbook for the teaching of psychology (Vol. 4). Washington DC:American Psychological Association.

 

   Dyck, J. L. & Gee, N. R. (1998). A sweet way to teach students about the sampling distribution of the mean. Teaching of Psychology, 25, 192-195.

 

Dennis M. Goff
Dept. of Psychology
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg VA

-----Original Message-----
From: Melady Preece [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 12:50 PM
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Subject: Teaching statistics

 

I am a non-statistician teaching undergrad statistics for the first time this summer.  I would welcome any suggestions as to lab assignments, internet demos, etc. that can liven things up for my students.

 

Thanks,

 

Melady Preece, Ph.D

University of British Columbia