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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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Lann, Avital – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2008
This short article gives a geometrical interpretation of the relationship between the harmonic mean, the arithmetic mean and the self-weighted mean. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Geometry, Transformations (Mathematics), Correlation
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Falk, Ruma; Lann, Avital – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2006
A coefficient of unfairness in the allocation of goods to people can be extended to measuring consensus among judges. The notion of relative variability underlies the formation of these measures.
Descriptors: Judges, Measures (Individuals), Interrater Reliability, Measurement Techniques
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Lann, Avital; Falk, Ruma – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2005
The self-weighted mean ("WS')--in which each value is weighted by itself--is presented in several contexts and illustrated. It is incorporated in a set of more familiar means. Intuitions concerning "WS" are explored.
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Statistical Analysis, Computation