JSM 2005 Online Program

Abstract #303028

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Activity Number:	369
Type:	Contributed
Date/Time:	Wednesday, August 10, 2005 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor:	Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #303028
Title:	Statistics Before Your Eyes: Photographs of Statistical Concepts
Author(s):	Robert Jernigan*+
Companies:	American University
Address:	4400 massachusetts ave NW, Washington, DC, 20016, United States
Keywords:	teaching aid ; probability ; normal distribution ; regression
Abstract:	Observing patterns of use in everyday life allows for the illustration of many statistical concepts. I will present several photographs, with analysis using Photoshop, that demonste the statistical concepts of discrete probability distributions, normal distributions, skewed distributions, bivariate distributions, and regression.

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