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"Its like... you know": The use of analogies and heuristics in teaching introductory statistical methods

Martin, Michael

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Students often come to their first statistics class with the preconception that statistics is confusing and dull. This problem is compounded when even introductory techniques are steeped in jargon. One approach that can overcome some of these problems is

dc.contributor.authorMartin, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T23:12:09Z
dc.date.available2015-12-13T23:12:09Z
dc.identifier.issn1069-1898
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/87917
dc.description.abstractStudents often come to their first statistics class with the preconception that statistics is confusing and dull. This problem is compounded when even introductory techniques are steeped in jargon. One approach that can overcome some of these problems is
dc.publisherAmerican Statistical Association
dc.sourceJournal of Statistics Education
dc.source.urihttp://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v11n2/martin.html
dc.subjectTeaching-With-Analogies
dc.subjectExpectation
dc.subjectGraphical displays
dc.subjectHypothesis testing
dc.subjectInfluence diagnostics
dc.subjectRegression models
dc.subjectStructure mapping
dc.title"Its like... you know": The use of analogies and heuristics in teaching introductory statistical methods
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.citationvolume11
dc.date.issued2003
local.identifier.absfor010401 - Applied Statistics
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub17405
local.type.statusMetadata only
local.contributor.affiliationMartin, Michael, College of Business and Economics, ANU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage26
dc.date.updated2015-12-12T08:30:35Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-3042677823
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