The Gourmet Guide to Statistics: For an Instructional Strategy That Makes Teaching and Learning Statistics a Piece of Cake

Description

This article draws analogies between the activities of statisticians and of chefs. It suggests how these analogies can be used in teaching, both to help understanding of what statistics is about and to increase motivation to learn the subject.

Links & Downloads

1. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/13972
2. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9639.00106

Tags

data analysis

data collection

data preparation

teaching

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-15238
Date	01 January 2003
Creators	Edirisooriya, Gunapala
Publisher	Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source Sets	East Tennessee State University
Detected Language	English
Type	text
Source	ETSU Faculty Works