That's very much like what I do. As soon as they start _z_ we start talking about "rare" versus "expected" events. Then when we go to sampling distributions of means, I start talking about the likelihood (again, "rare" versus "expected" or "likely") of getting a sample mean at various locations in a distribution. Once that's settled, we back around to generating a population distribution (with unknown parameters) given a sample mean. From there it's a short step to talking about an interval in which the mean of the population from which the sample was drawn is likely to lay. Along the way we generate a definition of "rare" (_p_ of less than .05 - I cheat and actually coax them into accepting this as a definition of "rare" or "unlikely").
I don't know of a text that does that, though. I re-arrange a lot of the material in the text I use and it seems to work for me. Before we get to the nuts and bolts of NHST, they have the intuitions already, and I'm all about having those conceptual intuitions before getting into the mechanics. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Behavioral and Health Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- From: Paul C Bernhardt [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 7:50 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] confidence intervals 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]<mailto:[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<mailto:leave-17352-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c90e1&n=T&l=tips&o=17356 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-17356-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-17356-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> ________________________________ The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- 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=17365 or send a blank email to leave-17365-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
