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Teach a confidence interval for the median in the first statistics course
Author(s) -
Howington Eric B.
Publication year - 2017
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.12132
Subject(s) - statistics , confidence interval , course (navigation) , statistical inference , summary statistics , statistics education , inference , mathematics education , mathematics , computer science , artificial intelligence , physics , astronomy
Summary Few introductory statistics courses consider statistical inference for the median. This article argues in favour of adding a confidence interval for the median to the first statistics course. Several methods suitable for introductory statistics students are identified and briefly reviewed.