Providing a statistical "model": Teaching applied statistics using real-world data


Book: 
Statistics for the Twenty-First Century
Authors: 
Willett, J. B., & Singer, J. D.
Editors: 
Gordon, F., & Gordon, S.
Type: 
Category: 
Volume: 
26
Pages: 
83-98
Year: 
1992
Publisher: 
Mathematical Association of America
Abstract: 

In this paper, we describe how we use real data in the classroom and we identify characteristics of data sets that make them particularly good for teaching. We also identify advantages and disadvantages of this approach, and offer suggestions for overcoming the obstacles. In a separate section of this volume, we provide an annotated bibliography that lists several hundred primary and secondary data sources that teachers may use in their own courses.

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

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