A Program for Visualizing Comparisons Between Two Normal Distributions


Authors: 
Mathieson, K., Doane, D. P., & Tracy, R. L.
Category: 
Volume: 
3(1)
Pages: 
Online
Year: 
1995
Publisher: 
Journal of Statistics Education
URL: 
http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v3n1/mathieson.html
Abstract: 

This paper describes one program in the Teaching Statistics Visually (TSV) project. TSV supports inductive learning in introductory undergraduate applied statistics courses. The program (1) helps teach concepts rather than analyze data, (2) focuses on one module in a statistics course, (3) relies on visualization rather than formulas, (4) is easy to use, (5) is flexible, supporting different learning levels, and (6) is easy to manage, requiring commonly available resources and incorporating special features to simplify classroom use. A prototype version of the program "Comparing Two Normal Distributions" is included with this paper. The reader is invited to experiment with the program and to send comments and suggestions for improvement to the authors.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education