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Activity Number:
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507
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, August 10, 2006 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Education
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| Abstract - #306791 |
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Title:
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Ways To Increase the Use of Graphs throughout the Introductory Applied Statistics Course
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Author(s):
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John McKenzie*+
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Companies:
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Babson College
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Address:
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Math Science Division, Babson Park, MA, 02457-0310,
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Keywords:
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GAISE ; graphical communication ; statistical displays ; tables ; textbooks
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Abstract:
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The GAISE College Report states that students in an introductory applied statistics course should know "how to graph the data as a first step in analyzing data, and how to know when that's enough to answer the question of interest" and "how to interpret graphical displays of data - both to answer questions and to check conditions". It maintains that students should be able to communicate the results of these analyses, which often is done through graphs. Sadly, many textbooks have limited graphical (and tabular) displays after their introduction in a second or third chapter and hence such displays are not reinforced in many introductory courses, even though with today's technology it is quite easy to generate quality displays and modify them. In this paper some ways to increase the use of graphs and tables for both analysis and presentation in these courses will be presented.
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