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| Teaching & Learning Webinar Series |
"Concepts of Statistical Inference: A Randomization-Based Curriculum"
with Allan Rossman & Beth Chance, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo; John Holcomb, Cleveland State University
2:00 to 2:30 pm Eastern time, April 14th, 2009
We present ideas and activities for helping students to learn fundamental concepts of statistical inference with a randomization-based curriculum rather than normal-based inference. We propose that this approach leads to deeper conceptual understanding, makes a clear connection between study design and scope of conclusions, and provides a powerful and generalizable analysis framework. During this webinar we present arguments in favor of such a curriculum, demonstrate some activities through which students can investigate these concepts, highlight some difficulties with implementing this approach, and discuss ideas for assessing student understanding of inference concepts and randomization procedures.