Simulation Methods for Teaching Sampling Distributions: Should Hands-on Activities Precede the Computer?

Sampling distributions are fundamental to an understanding of statistical inference, yet research shows that students in introductory statistics courses tend to have multiple misconceptions of this important concept. A common instructional method used to address these misconceptions is computer simu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stacey A. Hancock, Wendy Rummerfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Statistics Education
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10691898.2020.1720551