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A Flash-Based Application to Generate Datasets and Teach Statistical Concepts

Session Details

Wednesday, March 21, 2007
1:40 p.m. - 2:40 p.m.

Session Type: Poster Session

Speaker(s)

David Demers, VP for Academic & Administrative Technology, Bay Path College
Kathryn LaFontana, Associate Professor, Chair/Psychology, Sacred Heart University

Abstract

A psychology research methods professor teamed up with the director of instructional technology to create a program in Flash to help students learn difficult statistical concepts. The program generates unique data sets and teaches students the concepts of random sampling, descriptive statistics for different types of data, and hypothesis testing.

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