JSM Activity #153

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Activity ID:  153
Title Room
* Teaching Statistics Using Sports H-Grand Ballroom D
Date / Time Sponsor Type
08/07/2001    8:30 AM  -  10:20 AM Section on Statistics in Sports*, Section on Statistical Education* Topic Contributed
Organizer: James Albert, Bowling Green State University
Chair: Byron Gajewski, St. Cloud State University
Discussant: 9:55 AM - Robin Lock, St. Lawrence University    
Floor Discussion 10:10 AM
Description

Sports bring out a great deal of passion in many people. Allowing some of this passion to rub off in the classroom can really enhance the learning of statistics. The speakers present their experiences in teaching statistics using sports.
  300584  By:  James Albert 8:35 AM 08/07/2001
A Baseball Statistics Class

  300731  By:  Jerome Reiter 8:55 AM 08/07/2001
Motivating Students' Interest in Statistics Through Sports

  300856  By:  James Cochran 9:15 AM 08/07/2001
Using Strat-O-Matic Baseball to Teach Basic Probability for Statistics

  300189  By:  Joe Gallian 9:35 AM 08/07/2001
Statistics and Sports: A Freshman Seminar

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