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" Comparison of Learning Outcomes for Simulation-based and Traditional Inference Curricula in a Designed Educational Experiment "
Maurer, Karsten; Lock, Dennis

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	937223
Doc. No	:	LA0wm523b0
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Maurer, Karsten; Lock, Dennis
Title & Author	:	Comparison of Learning Outcomes for Simulation-based and Traditional Inference Curricula in a Designed Educational Experiment [Article]\ Maurer, Karsten; Lock, Dennis
Title of Periodical	:	Technology Innovations in Statistics Education
Volume/ Issue Number	:	9/1
Date	:	2016
Abstract	:	Conducting inference is a cornerstone upon which the practice of statistics is based. As such, a large portion of most introductory statistics courses is focused on teaching the fundamentals of statistical inference. The goal of this study is to make a formal comparison of learning outcomes under the traditional and simulation-based inference curricula. A randomized experiment was conducted to administer the two curricula to students in an introductory statistics course. Students of the simulation-based curriculum were found to have improved learning outcomes on topics in statistical inference; however, a clear violation of between-student independence due to group administration of curriculum treatments casts considerable doubt on the statistical significance of these results. A simulation study is used to demonstrate the volatility of Type I error rates in educational studies where classroom level covariance structures exist by comparisons are made on the student level.