One of my favorite books to use to teach statistics, though it is does not have a behavioral science orientation, takes that approach and I thought it helped students a lot. It starts with a 'plus or minus 2 standard deviations' as a definition of 'usual' versus 'unusual' data in the standard deviation chapter. It then refines to the plus or minus 1.96 z score specificity when it gets there. I like it a lot.
The book was by Triola, Elementary Statistics (Pearson). That was several editions ago. One thing I've noticed is that sometimes great features of books get removed or ruined. So, I have no idea if the current edition still has those features. Paul On Apr 17, 2012, at 4:54 PM, Marte Fallshore wrote: > > > > > > > I was at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association meeting last weekend, > and there was a talk on confidence intervals. It got me thinking about > teaching about confidence intervals before I get to hypothesis testing and > then integrating it with each hypothesis test we do. > > Has anyone out there done that? How did it go? Have you found a book that may > be does something like that? Thanks, > > Marte > > > ************************************************ > Marte Fallshore > Department of Psychology > Central Washington Univ. > 400 E University Way > Ellensburg, WA 98926-7575 > > 509/963-3670 > 509/963-2307 (fax) > Room 462, Psychology Building > > Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to > their own facts. ~Daniel Patrick Moynihan > > When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. > When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist. > ~Dom Heider Camara > > I teach for free; they pay me to grade. (anon) > ************************************************ > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=17352 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-17352-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@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=17356 or send a blank email to leave-17356-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
