Life on an Island: a Simulated Population to Support Student Projects in Statistics

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" Life on an Island: a Simulated Population to Support Student Projects in Statistics "
Bulmer, Michael; Haladyn, J. Kimberly

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	937265
Doc. No	:	LA2q0740hv
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Bulmer, Michael; Haladyn, J. Kimberly
Title & Author	:	Life on an Island: a Simulated Population to Support Student Projects in Statistics [Article]\ Bulmer, Michael; Haladyn, J. Kimberly
Title of Periodical	:	Technology Innovations in Statistics Education
Volume/ Issue Number	:	5/1
Date	:	2011
Abstract	:	It is important for students learning statistical reasoning to see data in context. One of the best ways of achieving this is to involve students in data production and so in the past ten years we have had first-year students undertake real experiments of their own choosing as part of our introductory statistics course. However in practice students are limited in what they can do. Many want to conduct experiments involving human subjects, requiring ethics approval, while even those not wanting to use humans may have general health and safety issues. Epidemiological studies have really not been possible at all.