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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Statistics course"”.
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Using Song Lyrics In Teaching An Undergraduate Statistics Course
… of Millennials enrolled in an introductory statistics course when song lyrics were used as an instructional technique. Gardner’s (2011) theory of Multiple Intelligence served as the theoretical framework of this study and provided implications for higher education. Seven traditional …
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Prototype learning analytics dashboard (LAD) for an introductory statistics course at UCT
… management systems (LMS) or massive open online courses (MOOCs). The objective of this paper is to develop a concept for a standalone prototype LAD, for an Introductory Statistics course (STA 1000), to be potentially integrated into the University of Cape Town's (UCT) LMS, Vula. The dashboard …
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Building a question answering system for the introduction to statistics course using supervised learning techniques
… QA system could be built for the Introduction to Statistics course taught online at the University of Cape Town (UCT), for the purpose of answering administrative queries. This course runs twice a year and students tend to ask similar administrative questions each time that the course is run. If a …
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The Effects of Web-Based Supplemental Modules on Exam Performance in an Undergraduate Economics Statistics Course
… modules in an undergraduate Economics course in Inferential Statistics and their effect on exam performance. Specifically, the present study asks what are the effects of installing supplements into a lecture-based course, and does attaching a point contingency directly impact contact …
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Examining Course Achievement in an Undergraduate Psychology Statistics Course Through the Lens of Machine Learning Techniques
<p>The Introductory to Psychology Statistics course stands as a notable challenge for psychology majors, often acting as a gatekeeper course. This study embarks on two primary objectives using machine learning techniques: (1) to identify the determinants of overall course achievement, specifically …
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Assessment of changes in attitudes of graduate students towards introductory statistics
… of graduate students toward introductory statistics. The subjects are graduate students at a Midwestern university; the Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics (SATS) was used to measure pre-test and post-test attitudes. Subjects in this study were grouped into three groups: experimental …
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The Interquartile Range: Theory and Estimation.
… the spread of a distribution. In an introductory statistics course, the IQR might be introduced as simply the “range within which the middle half of the data points lie.” In other words, it is the distance between the two quartiles, <b><em>IQR</em> = <em>Q</em><sub>3</sub> - …
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The use of inventories in student learning research : a case study
… Styles in the context of a second year Business Statistics course at the University of Cape Town. The theoretical underpinnings of the inventory, as well as its predictive value, are investigated. This is done through the use of simple, yet effective, statistical techniques, some of which have …
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Pre-service teachers’ emerging views on educational equity
<p>An equity-based Statistics course for pre-service mathematics teachers could play a role in the development of pre-service teachers’ equity literacy, encouraging conversations about equity in education and illuminating structural factors that contribute to the educational opportunity gap in the …
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Deconstructing a domain into its cognitive attributes: test construction and data analysis
… framework for a college-level introductory statistics course. I begin with a review the current literature relating to cognitive diagnosis assessments and cognitive diagnosis models. Then I explain the procedure of deconstructing the course domain into a hierarchical arrangement of cognitive …
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An Application of Generative Adversarial Networks to One-Dimensional Value-at-Risk
… be accessible to anyone who has an entry-level statistics course. It is aimed at data science or finance students looking to better their understanding of GANs and the potential of these models for other financial applications. Five GAN loss variants are introduced and three of these models are …
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The Impact of an Instructional Intervention Designed to Support Development of Stochastic Understanding of Probability Distribution
… conceptual connections between probability and statistics and supports development of a principled understanding of statistical inference. This study investigated the impact of an instructional course intervention designed to support development of stochastic understanding of probability …
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Students’ Perceptions About High School Preparation For Mathematics In Post-Secondary Programs: A Case Study Of One High School
… Recommendations for action included: offer a statistics course as a senior year elective for those not needing precalculus, increase the pace and rigor of senior classes and require more independent work, remove the test retake opportunities senior year because that approach is not practiced …
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High Impact Strategies and the Effect It Has on Students’ Mathematics Attitudes
… have an impact on students in an introductory statistics course. The study describes the use of a reliable instrument to measure students’ attitudes and beliefs about mathematics. Martha Tapia developed the Attitudes Toward Mathematics Inventory (ATMI) instrument in 1996 and later Lim and …
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AP Statistics Students’ Conceptions of Engagement and Technology in a Flipped Classroom: A Phenomenographical Study
… engagement and disengagement within an AP Statistics course using flipped classroom strategies. Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development and Scaffolding, Dewey’s Active Learning Theory, the Microsystem of Student Engagement in a Flipped Classroom, and the Framework for Engagement with …
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Mathematical Identity and the Use of High-Leverage Thinking Moves During Problem-Solving Activities
… concepts through four individuals in an AP Statistics course in a Midwest metropolitan suburban high school. A primary framework was used to examine the connections between mathematical identity and thinking moves during problem-solving activities. Within the primary framework, one secondary …
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Ensemble Learning Methods for Educational Data Mining Applications
… component for a large enrollment introductory statistics course recognized as a curriculum bottleneck at San Diego State University. As part of this application, we show how the ensemble estimate of the ITE may be used to assess the pedagogical reform (supplemental instruction), advise students …
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College students' achievement and understanding of experimental and theoretical probability : the role of tasks
… of students in three sections of an introductory statistics course taught by the researcher at a college in Cyprus. During the study, students in the treatment group worked in small groups on four in-class activities about experimental and theoretical probability (Instructional Method B), and …
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Good practice for formative assessment and feedback in statistics courses
… mistakes. However mathematical subjects such as Statistics appear to place less emphasis on feedback compared to other subjects. Statistics has made steady pedagogic progress and now uses a variety of assessment methods, but producing effective feedback for these methods has not made the same …
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Mathematics anxiety in university students: investigating the efficacy of a blended learning intervention promoting interaction, inclusion, & collaboration
… underperformance or failure in university courses that entail knowledge of high-level mathematics (Ashcraft & Krause, 2007; Chang & Beilock, 2016; Foley et al., 2017; Mammarella et al., 2019; OECD , PISA, 2014, 2016). Research shows that MA is potentially caused by students’ previous …