This is the program for the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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310
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010 : 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 - #307685 |
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Title:
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Some Thoughts on an Introductory Statistics Course
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Author(s):
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Andrew Neath*+
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Companies:
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
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Address:
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Edwardsville, IL, 62025, USA
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Keywords:
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significance testing ;
confidence intervals
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Abstract:
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In this talk, we discuss how some definitions which are required learning for many introductory statistics students actually hold true only in a narrow sense. We focus on how the fallacy of the transposed conditional leads to mistakes in confidence interval interpretation and in the use of significance testing as a decision making tool.
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