Parts of the Whole: Hands On Statistics
In this column we describe a hands-on data collection lab for an introductory statistics course. The exercise elicits issues of normality, sampling, and sample mean comparisons. Based on volcanology models of tephra dispersion, this lab leads students to question the accuracy of some assumptions mad...
Main Author: | Dorothy Wallace |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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National Numeracy Network
2018-01-01
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Series: | Numeracy |
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Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/numeracy/vol11/iss1/art14/ |
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