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Testing a student generated hypothesis using student data
Author(s) -
McGowan Herle M.,
Vaughan Joel
Publication year - 2011
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.1467-9639.2010.00452.x
Subject(s) - computer science , mobile device , statistical hypothesis testing , data collection , statistical analysis , process (computing) , mathematics education , information retrieval , psychology , statistics , world wide web , mathematics , programming language
We describe an activity that allows students to experience the full process of a statistical investigation, from generating the research question, to collecting data and testing a hypothesis. Implementation of the activity is described both with and without use of clickers, handheld remotes that allow instant data collection.