I am not a teacher but a mature student. A few years ago I took some
courses in statistics because I felt that it was appropriate for the type
of work I was doing. I had never taken a course in statistics before
although I was not bad a math. Needless to say, fear gripped me as I
enrolled because of all I heard in the past from students who had taken the
subject. To prepare myself I attempted a head start - I bought and read a
book called STATISTICS WITHOUT TEARS (A PRIMER FOR NON-MATHEMATICIANS) by
Derek Rowntree from Penguin Books. This book is well written, systematic
and actually strives for clarity on every page. I would recommend a review
of this book to anyone, who is attempting improved teaching strategies.
Leo
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> From: David B. Klein <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE:EFFECTIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES
> Date: Friday, October 30, 1998 6:54 PM
>
> At 08:24 PM 10/30/98 EST, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> >
>
> >There are too many academic mathematical (non-applied) statisticians who
> >continue to confuse students and perpetuate & intensify the phobia for
this
> >sweet science.
> >
> >I look forward to hearing from other educators in this field as I am
> >completing a manual on "Effective Teaching Strategies for Statistics"
> >
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Rossi A. Hassad
> >Professor of Statistics & Research Methods,
> >Berne University(USA),
> >e-mail:[log in to unmask]
>
> I'm one of those who was turned off by a second-level course on
statistics
> more than 20 years ago when the prof spent hours doing long proofs on the
> blackboard, such as deriving the computational formulas for ANOVA from
the
> logical mathematical ones. I panicked and dropped the course. Twenty-five
> years later, when I had to do it because I had data, I learned to
understand
> ANOVA by reading my old 1968 edition of Roger Kirk's *Experimental
Design*.
> I found this text clear and just rigorous enough ... he avoids tedious
> exercises in algebra ... Soon I will be forced to take another formal
course
> on the subject in order to collect my PhD, but I understand the core of
it
> already, so no professor can ruin it for me this time :-)
>
> David Klein
>
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