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Abstract:
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Teaching statistical inference using mathematical methods takes too much time, emphasizes the least important material, and leaves many students unprepared to apply statistics in the real world. Simple computer simulations can demonstrate the fundamental ideas of statistical inference quickly, clearly, and memorably. Computational methods are also robust and flexible, making it possible to work with a wider range of data and experiments. And by teaching statistical inference better and faster, we leave time for the most important goals of statistics education: preparing students to use data to answer questions and guide decision making under uncertainty. In this talk, I discuss problems with current approaches and present educational material I have developed based on computer simulations in Python.
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