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Teaching statistics: a bag of tricks

Students in the sciences, economics, psychology, social sciences, and medicine take introductory statistics. Statistics is increasingly offered at the high school level as well. However, statistics can be notoriously difficult to teach as it is seen by many students as difficult and boring, if not i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gelman, Andrew, Nolan, Deborah
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Oxford Univ. Press 2002
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/740240
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Sumario:Students in the sciences, economics, psychology, social sciences, and medicine take introductory statistics. Statistics is increasingly offered at the high school level as well. However, statistics can be notoriously difficult to teach as it is seen by many students as difficult and boring, if not irrelevant to their subject of choice. To help dispel these misconceptions, Gelman and Nolan have put together this fascinating and thought-provoking book. Based on years of teachingexperience the book provides a wealth of demonstrations, examples and projects that involve active student participatio