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Activity Number:
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240
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007 : 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 - #308770 |
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Title:
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Alternate Topic Sequencing in the Introductory Applied Statistics Course
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Author(s):
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John Gabrosek*+
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Companies:
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Grand Valley State University
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Address:
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1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401,
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Keywords:
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statistics pedagogy ; statistics education ; statistical inference
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Abstract:
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The statistical background of students graduating from institutions of higher learning is often limited to a single course in introductory applied statistics. It is imperative that this course adequately prepare students to become knowledgeable consumers of information. Students leaving the course need to have a firm grasp of the role that statistical inference plays in decision-making. Unfortunately, the traditional sequencing of the introductory applied statistics course places the important topic of statistical inference at the end of the course. In this talk we discuss the results of a study to teach introductory statistics "sequencing by statistical case" rather than statistical topic.
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