Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2018

Department

Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science

Keywords

statistical literacy, curriculum-based assessment, simulation methods, students

Abstract

Using “simulation-based inference” (SBI) such as randomization tests as the primary vehicle for introducing students to the logic and scope of statistical inference has been advocated with the potential of improving student understanding of statistical inference, as well as the statistical investigative process as a whole. Moving beyond the individual class activity, entirely revised introductory statistics curricula centering on these ideas have been developed and tested. In this presentation we will discuss three years of cross-institutional tertiary-level data in the United States comparing SBI-focused curricula and non-SBI curricula (roughly 15,000 students). We examine several pre/post measures of conceptual understanding in the introductory algebra-based course, using hierarchical modelling to incorporate student-level, instructor-level, and institutional-level covariates.

Comments

Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS10, July, 2018), Kyoto, Japan.

Source Publication Title

Looking Back Looking Forward Proceedings

Publisher

International Statistical Institute

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