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Activity Number: 267
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 8, 2006 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #305022
Title: Practical Issues in Conducting Statistics Education Research
Author(s): Robert DelMas*+ and Beth Chance*+ and Sterling Hilton*+ and Lawrence M. Lesser*+ and Andrew Zieffler*+
Companies: University of Minnesota and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and Brigham Young University and The University of Texas at El Paso and University of Minnesota
Address: 210D Burton Hall, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, , , CA, , , , UT, , Department of Mathematical Sciences, El Paso, TX, 79968-0514, Department of Educational Psychology, Minneapolis, MN, 55454,
Keywords: statistics education ; research
Abstract:

The focus of this session is on the logistics of conducting statistics education research at the college level. Topics include ethical and practical issues, when and how to get IRB approval, using student assessment data as the basis of a research project, and making the transition from other disciplines to statistics education research.


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