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AI Study Tool in Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data 7/e Student Use: The eTextbook now includes an AI Study Tool. When a student opens the eTextbook from their MyLab course, the home screen includes an AI Study Tool which allows students to ask a question on a topic or concept from the eTextbook. Try it…
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Recently, I hosted a webinar on “Leveraging Large Data Sets to Make Connections in Intro Stats”. In the webinar, I discuss techniques for identifying and retrieving large data sets. I also give examples on how to utilize the data sets throughout the semester to illustrate various statistical concepts. To view the video, simply register through…
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Here is an interesting article on non-traditional grading methods.
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26939169.2023.2276844
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Here is a link to a recent article on the work of Florence Nightingale.
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The R Guidebook to accompany Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data 6/e has been updated to include all chapters. Visit the guidebook at https://sullystats.pub/R.
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What Should We Do Differently in Stat 101? Read the article by Jeff Wittmer of Oberlin College, which provides suggestions for changes we could make in our Introduction to Statistics course (1) with little effort, (2) with some effort in a day or two, and (3) with significant planning. It is an open-source article published…
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Researchers at Stanford University used data from the Union Army Veterans of the Civil War (1860-1940), the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1971-1975), and the Stanford Translational Research Integrated Database Environment (2007-2017) to determine that the mean body temperature in men and women has decreased by 0.03 degrees Celsius per birth decade. The reduction…
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Random-digit-dialing (RDD) is a popular method for selecting people to be in polls. So, the population from which a sample is drawn is anyone with a telephone (because RDD dials both listed and unlisted numbers). A problem with RDD is that of bias as a result of nonresponse. A study by Pew Research compared polling…
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In August, 2018, Pearson posted a wide variety of featured data sets that you can use to illustrate a variety of statistical concepts in your class. Each data set on this site has a thorough description of the data and provides a source along with descriptions of each variable. I would like to focus on…