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Sotos, Ana Elisa Castro; Vanhoof, Stijn; Van den Noortgate, Wim; Onghena, Patrick – Journal of Statistics Education, 2009
Both researchers and teachers of statistics have made considerable efforts during the last decades to re-conceptualize statistics courses in accordance with the general reform movement in mathematics education. However, students still hold misconceptions about statistical inference even after following a reformed course. The study presented in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Student Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Statistical Inference
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Shkedy, Ziv; Aerts, Marc; Callaert, Herman – Journal of Statistics Education, 2006
Classical regression models, ANOVA models and linear mixed models are just three examples (out of many) in which the normal distribution of the response is an essential assumption of the model. In this paper we use a dataset of 2000 euro coins containing information (up to the milligram) about the weight of each coin, to illustrate that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Regression (Statistics), Models, Goodness of Fit