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Title
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Room
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Using Visual Statistics 2.0 as a Teaching Tool: Helping Instructors Teach More Effectively, Helping Students Better Understand
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M-International Salon G
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Date / Time
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Sponsor
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Type
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08/07/2001
3:00 PM
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5:00 PM
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ASA
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Other
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Organizer:
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n/a
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Chair:
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n/a
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Discussant:
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CE Presenter
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Ronald Tracy
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Description
Visual Statistics 2.0 (VS) Is a computer packages that promotes student learning both in and out of the classroom by providing visual explanations of statistical concepts. Instructors use VS to improve explanations (a picture is worth a thousand words). Students use VS to reinforce classroom learning and to conduct experiments that bring statistics alive. Participants will see that visual explanations in the classroom require no more, and often less time, than traditional explanations, yet are more effective. This is especially important given the limited amount of in class time available for instruction. Participants will also see how students can use Visual Statistics outside the classroom to reinforce or augment classroom and textbook explanations as well as conduct meaningful experiments. A brief overview will also be given to the 14 databases and over 100 examples containing over 1000 real world data sets that are included with VS. Although Visual Statistics can be used in both introductory and upper level statistics courses, the workshop will focus on its use in introductory courses. The workshop is appropriate for instructors for all disciplines who teach statistics and for all types and levels of introductory statistics courses. Participants need not have prior familiarity with Visual Statistics. However, all participants will receive CD that contains the entire Visual Statistics 2.0 package (software and text).
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