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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Sanqui, Jose Almer T.; Arnholt, Alan T. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2011
This article describes a simulation activity that can be used to help students see that the estimator "S" is a biased estimator of [sigma]. The activity can be implemented using either a statistical package such as R, Minitab, or a Web applet. In the activity, the students investigate and compare the bias of "S" when sampling from different…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Regression (Statistics), Sampling, College Mathematics
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Arnholt, Alan T. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2007
This article shows how R can be used to perform resampling with and without replacement.
Descriptors: Sampling, Statistics