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Active Learning and Threshold Concepts in Multiple Testing that can Further Develop Student Critical Statistical Thinking
Author(s) -
White Desley
Publication year - 2014
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/test.12069
Subject(s) - microsoft excel , calculator , computer science , critical thinking , mathematics education , statistical hypothesis testing , statistical thinking , statistical analysis , statistics , psychology , mathematics , operating system
Summary Two practical activities are described, which aim to support critical thinking about statistics as they concern multiple outcomes testing. Formulae are presented in Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, which are used to calculate the inflation of error associated with the quantity of tests performed. This is followed by a decision‐making exercise, where an Excel calculator is used to adjust for multiple outcomes prior to deciding whether or not an intervention has been successful.