Thank you all for your valuable feedback :) --Mike
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Jim Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > My wording is probably poor ... I supplement with pre-binomial probability > material (e.g., some counting rules) to link multiplication and addition > rules to binomial so that students understand the elements of the binomial > theorem when we do that part of Pagano. It has been a few years since I've > done the intro level course, but Pagano did not (and perhaps still does not?) > explain binomial in terms of probability of particular sequence of success > and failures (multiplication rule) X number of ways that such a sequence > could occur (addition rule), although he has some simple illustrations that > work that way. Pagano instead generates binomial probabilities using > binomial expansion, but that never grabbed me as an intuitive way to > understand the logic of the probabilities. > > Take care > Jim > > > > James M. Clark > Professor of Psychology > 204-786-9757 > 204-774-4134 Fax > [email protected] > > Department of Psychology > University of Winnipeg > Winnipeg, Manitoba > R3B 2E9 > CANADA > > >>>> Rick Froman <[email protected]> 27-Apr-10 9:38 AM >>> > I am a little puzzled (and maybe I just read it wrong) but I think that > Pagano is fairly unique in that he actually formats his book as Jim suggests, > starting with the binomial distribution (and the sign test) as the first > inferential test so that students can understand the concept with an easily > understood distribution before moving on to t, F and chi square. Maybe Jim > just meant that when he doesn't use Pagano, he supplements the probability > info after Pagano's pattern. > > In any case, I would recommend Pagano for that distinctive. > > Rick > > Dr. Rick Froman, Chair > Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Box 3055 > x7295 > [email protected] > http://tinyurl.com/DrFroman > > Proverbs 14:15 "A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives > thought to his steps." > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Clark [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:29 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] Opinion about a stats text > > Hi > > We've used various versions of Pagano here for our one semester (12 weeks) > intro stats course and it works well. My impression is that there is not a > lot of variation across such books. As for whether it is too "light" depends > on what you want to cover and in what depth. We do not cover all of the > material in the text in our course. When I have taught the course I > sometimes supplement the material on probability, mainly because I like to > lay a strong foundation for the binomial distribution to introduce hypothesis > testing with a test that students can actually calculate probabilities for > different hypothetical outcomes. The later distributions are more mysterious > to them, although simulations help (I think). > > Take care > Jim > > > James M. Clark > Professor of Psychology > 204-786-9757 > 204-774-4134 Fax > [email protected] > > Department of Psychology > University of Winnipeg > Winnipeg, Manitoba > R3B 2E9 > CANADA > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=2241 > or send a blank email to > leave-2241-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fb&n=T&l=tips&o=2245 > or send a blank email to > leave-2245-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2317 or send a blank email to leave-2317-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
