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48 – Addressing Challenges in Teaching Statistics in the Health Sciences
Simulation of the Sampling Distribution of Mean—Controversy and Misconceptions in Teaching Statistics
Sadia Sarker
Eastern Michigan University
While Watkins et al. (2014) concluded that the “Simulation of the Sampling Distribution of the Mean Can Mislead,� Lane (2015) concluded that the “Simulations of the Sampling Distribution of the Mean Do Not Necessarily Mislead and Can Facilitate Learning.� Given such controversy in conclusions, instructors have to rethink about specific learning objectives and examples for better outcomes in the simulation of the sampling distribution of means while teaching. This paper proposes some specific objectives and examples which is expected to reduce controversy and misconceptions in teaching statistics.