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Pass the Globe: Teaching Bootstrapping Without Using a Computer
Author(s) -
Beaujean A. Alexander,
CooperTwamley Susan
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
teaching statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9639.2009.00405.x
Subject(s) - bootstrapping (finance) , calculator , computer science , simple (philosophy) , globe , computer assisted instruction , mathematics education , teaching method , statistics , econometrics , multimedia , mathematics , psychology , operating system , philosophy , epistemology , neuroscience
Summary While bootstrapping is a computationally intensive procedure, teaching about the concept does not necessarily require any more technology than a simple calculator. This article describes an interactive teaching approach for introducing bootstrapping without using a statistics program or a computer.