The September 1999 issue of 'Teaching Statistics' has just been published.
Its contents are:
What is the Applied Probability Trust by Joe Gani
This is the third in a series of short articles briefly describing the
organisations that sponsor Teaching Statistics.
Squaring the Circle - statistically speaking by P Glaister
A simple relationship is described which connects Buffon's classical
needle problem with related problems using circles, squares and rectangles.
COMPUTING CORNER
Statistical Nuggets with a Graphics Calculator by Alan Graham
The first of two articles exploring the use of the graphics calculator.
Young Students' Informal Statistical Knowledge by Ian J Putt, Graham A
Jones, Carol A Thornton, Cynthia W Langrell, Edward S Mooney & Bob Perry
This article reports some results of an informal study of very young
children's reactions to some visual displays of data.
CLASSROOM NOTES
The Birthday Problem Revisited by Jonny Griffiths
This article shows how simulations can be used to teach sampling
distributions to entry level statistics students.
PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES
Having a Ball with Confidence Intervals by James F Robison-Cox
Confidence intervals are often misinterpreted. This article describes
an activity which helps students understand what it means to have confidence
in a process.
On Approximate Calculations by Flavia Jolliffe
The ability to undertake approximate calculations and to get a "rough
feel" for data is an important skill which must not be overlooked.
An Aid to Intuitively Understanding Bias and Consistency by Neil H
Spencer
Students often find the concepts of bias and consistency hard to
understand intuitively. This article presents means of demonstrating these
concepts using a computer so that the students, once they have seen them in
action, can more readily grasp their meanings and implications..
Directional Data by Gerald W Goodall
This article displays some very counter-intuitive problems of
"averages" and shows one area of statistics in which vector methods play a
natural role.
BOOK REVIEWS
Revealing Statistical Principles by J K Lindsey
Reviewed by Mary Rouncefield
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or you can email or write to me at the address below.
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Peter Holmes
RSS Centre for Statistical Education
Department of Mathematics, Statistics and OR
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham NG1 4BU, UK
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Tel: (+44) 0115 848 4478
Fax: (+44) 0115 848 2998
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