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Writing Papers in a Statistics Course

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There is an increased emphasis on writing in today's undergraduate curriculum, and papers can play an important role in an introductory statistics course. With the existence of good interactive statistical software it is possible to move the classic introductory statistics course away from the study of formulas to the study of statistical thinking and the role of statistics in society. In such a new course students get an increased understanding of statistical ideas by writing papers across a wide range of topics; actual topics having ranged from a comparison of statistics and religion to a study of the relationship between time of first class in the morning and the distance from the bed to the alarm clock.
creator Iversen, Gudmund R.
Title Writing Papers in a Statistics Course
Alternative TitleTechnical Report No. 91-005
Alternative TitleStatistics in the Liberal Arts Workshop (SLAW)
contributor Moore, Thomas L., Ph. D. (Faculty/Staff)
supporting host Grinnell College. Mathematics and Statistics
Index Date 1991
Date Issued 19-Aug-1991
Publisher Grinnell College
Genre Essays
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Extent 6 pages
Media Type application/pdf
note Statistics in the Liberal Arts Workshop (SLAW) workshop held in the Summer of 1991 and supported by the Exxon Corporation
Language English
Topic Mathematics
Topic Statistics
Topic Education
Classification RG-O Series 25
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/26697
Identifier (local) grinnell:26697
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