Open AccessDeveloping interactive ebooks and an analysis assistant to teach and apply modern quantitative methods
Author(s) -
Richard Parker,
Danius T. Michaelides,
Chris Charlton,
Luc Moreau,
William Browne
Publication year - 2015
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.52041/srap.15601
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , computer science , interoperability , field (mathematics) , process (computing) , quantitative analysis (chemistry) , data science , software , statistical analysis , interactive learning , multimedia , world wide web , artificial intelligence , chemistry , statistics , mathematics , chromatography , pure mathematics , programming language , operating system
Whilst a large range of valuable training resources are available to those interested in learning quantitative techniques, few discuss how statistics are conducted in practice by working analysts. Advances in technology, however, have opened up the possibility of using more interactive tools to develop such resources. We have conducted interviews with quantitative researchers from a variety of disciplines, and are collaborating with them to produce interactive eBooks based on a case study each of them have chosen. These are written using our Stat-JR package which can interoperate with a variety of other statistical software, and can thus allow users to explore how a given analysis might be conducted in a range of different packages. The resulting eBooks will form a library of case studies that those newer to the field can use as a learning tool, with the aim of elucidating and demystifying the quantitative research process.