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Activity Number:
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511
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, August 2, 2007 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Education
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| Abstract - #308441 |
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Title:
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Differences in Students' Performance Due to a Statistics Lab Component
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Author(s):
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Jose H. Guardiola*+ and Duran-Hutchings Nadina and Joseph Champine
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Companies:
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Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi and Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi and Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
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Address:
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6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX, 78412-5825,
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Keywords:
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students performance ; statistics lab ; instructional methods ; elementary statistics ; students achievement
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Abstract:
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In this paper we discuss the performance of students on elementary statistics courses by comparing two similar courses taught by the same instructor. One course has a lab component using scenarios and an extensive use of technology; the second course is more traditionally taught, without a lab component. Initially an aptitude test is given to students aiming to use these values as covariates. Different measures of achievement are used on both groups in order to assess students' performance. An analysis of covariance is performed in order to detect differences on achievements on these two groups. Conclusions are drawn from the comparison of these methods. This study is aiming to evaluate the convenience of including a statistics lab in an elementary statistics course and to identify student characteristics that may contribute to a superior achievement on one of these two methods.
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