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Statistics Blog – Week 1

Statistics Blog – Week 1

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My first week of day-by-day blogging is complete. If you’d like to see where I go in week 2, including an introduction to inferential statistics through simulation and randomization, check out the blog here: https://georgewoodbury.com/statblog/. I created the blog to discuss the power of Interactive Statistics, Interactive Reading Assignments (read a little, watch a little, do a little), Learning Catalytics, StatCrunch, and the Flipped Classroom. I promise you will find tips and tools that will increase student learning.

Building an Early Inferential Approach into the Calendar

Building an Early Inferential Approach into the Calendar

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I have had a few questions about how I am managing to work all of these early inferential projects into my Intro Stats course. 1) Switching from Chapter Exams to a Midterm and a Final In the first 7 chapters of our textbook I used to give 4 exams. That means that I would use 4 days for exams and approximately 6 days for review. I have 4 days built into my calendar for review (2 days) and the midterm…

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Randomization Test for Two Means

Randomization Test for Two Means

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This semester I have incorporated a three-pronged strategy in my intro statistics classes: Flip the classroom – having students learn material at home Make the classroom more engaging – using more group activities and Learning Catalytics sessions Focus on early inferential statistics early and often This week began with students learning about the 5-number summary and how to create a boxplot. On Monday we did an activity where students compared two samples of quantitative data in an effort to determine…

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Simulations – #ICTCM15

Simulations – #ICTCM15

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I will be speaking about incorporating simulations early in an intro stats course to help students develop an intuitive understanding of inference well before we actually cover inference formally. I will be discussing two StatCrunch applets that I use. One is the Coin Flipping applet which allows students to simulate gathering samples of qualitative data. The second is a resampling applet that helps students to compare two means. I have added two assignments that I use in conjunction with these…

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