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Activity Number:
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138
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 4, 2008 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Education
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| Abstract - #301852 |
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Title:
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Project 'Project': Developing a Cumulative Group Activity for a Basic Statistics Course
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Author(s):
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Christopher E. Barat*+ and Vallory A. Shearer+
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Companies:
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Villa Julie College and Villa Julie College
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Address:
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1525 Greenspring Valley Rd, Stevenson, MD, 21153, 1525 Greenspring Valley Rd, Stevenson, MD, 21153,
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Keywords:
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group project ; basic statistics ; PowerPoint presentation
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Abstract:
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As part of a restructuring of Villa Julie's Basic Statistics course, which is primarily taken by first-year students in nursing, education, and the social sciences, a semester-long group project incorporating all aspects of the course material was instituted in the Fall of 2007. The project requires student groups to gather real data, analyze it using both descriptive and inferential techniques, and summarize the results in a PowerPoint presentation at the end of the semester. Students are strongly encouraged to work with data related in some way to their potential major. The format of the project has already undergone considerable revision as we attempt to make this activity a worthwhile and meaningful culmination of our students' course experience. We will discuss our progress to date and also offer some thoughts on how such a cumulative project might be meaningfully evaluated.
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