Hi Ruth,
Even 6 hours seems inadequate. Any full semester class that I have
conducted runs for a minimum of
2.5 hours / week for 16 weeks. Barring time for testing, students are
exposed to no less than 35 hours.
Even crash courses which are run for one week meet for a full 8 hours day
which is obviously 40 hours
of exposure.
All I can say is good luck.
Rgds
mjg ([log in to unmask] ; 203-353-8100 x277)
PS - You are absolutely correct. In fact, I'll take it one step further.
All educated people need a
"basic understanding of the scientific approach and stats." Stats and
science are everywhere and a
person cannot critically and comprehensively understand news in general
without that understanding.
PPS - See
http://occ.awlonline.com/bookbind/pubbooks/triola_awl/chapter98/deluxe.html
for information
on the Triola textbook.
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From: Ruth Helm [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 8:31 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject:
Hi
Thanks I'll look that one up. Yes I do mean three hours for one particular
course-which says a lot about how much the research course designers think
about stats. I have 6 six hours on other courses. Also most of the students
are not very numerate. Most are studying for BSc'c and MSc's. I may be
wrong but I do feel scientists need some basic understanding of the
scientific approach and stats.
Ruth
At 07:46 31/01/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Ruth,
>
>Do you really mean 3 hours? You are not going to accomplish much in that
>time.
>
>In any event, the book Elementary Statistics by Mario Triola (Addison
>Wesley) has some very
>nice health related examples involving temperature, weight, cholesterol and
>so on. The book itself
>is meant for a broad audience; not just nurses. However, his problems are
>excellent.
>
>Good luck.
>
>Rgds
>
>mjg ([log in to unmask] ; 203-353-8100 x277)
>
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>
>Does anybody else teach statistics to nurses? Currently I am being given 3
>hours to teach descriptive and inferencial statistics a to very unwilling
>students and wondered if any one else had similar problems.
>Ruth
>
>Ruth Helm
>Lecturer in Informatics and Statistics.
>The Centre for Health Practice. R&D.
>The University of Wolverhampton.
>Walsall Campus
>Gorway Road.
>Walsall WS1 3BD
>Tel 01902 322843
>
Ruth Helm
Lecturer in Informatics and Statistics.
The Centre for Health Practice. R&D.
The University of Wolverhampton.
Walsall Campus
Gorway Road.
Walsall WS1 3BD
Tel 01902 322843
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