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Activity Number: 165
Type: Roundtables
Date/Time: Monday, July 30, 2007 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #308142
Title: Spanning the Globe: Using Data To Introduce Students to the Rest of the World
Author(s): Robert Carver*+
Companies: Stonehill College
Address: 39 Woodland Street, Sharon, MA, 02067,
Keywords: Real data ; Globalization ; Introductory Statistics ; Data analysis
Abstract:

In the introductory statistics course, we have the opportunity to expand the world view of our students. The simple idea is that there are numerous good international sources of data accessible online, and there are still precious few non-USA examples in most textbooks. At this roundtable, participants will swap sites, find out about easy and not-so-easy interfaces, and compare notes about the effective use of such data in the classroom and assignments.

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