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Teaching Statistics: A Bag of Tricks
Andrew Gelman
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Description for Teaching Statistics: A Bag of Tricks
Paperback. To help overcome the challenges of teaching statistics across various diciplines, Gelman and Nolan have put together this fascinating and thought-provoking book based on years of teaching experience. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: PBT. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Students in the sciences, economics, social sciences, and medicine take an introductory statistics course. And yet statistics can be notoriously difficult for instructors to teach and for students to learn. To help overcome these challenges, Gelman and Nolan have put together this fascinating and thought-provoking book. Based on years of teaching experience the book provides a wealth of demonstrations, activities, examples, and projects that involve active student participation. Part I of the book presents a large selection of activities for introductory statistics courses and has chapters such as 'First week of class'- with exercises to ... Read more
Students in the sciences, economics, social sciences, and medicine take an introductory statistics course. And yet statistics can be notoriously difficult for instructors to teach and for students to learn. To help overcome these challenges, Gelman and Nolan have put together this fascinating and thought-provoking book. Based on years of teaching experience the book provides a wealth of demonstrations, activities, examples, and projects that involve active student participation. Part I of the book presents a large selection of activities for introductory statistics courses and has chapters such as 'First week of class'- with exercises to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198785705
SKU
V9780198785705
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Ref
99-19
About Andrew Gelman
Andrew Gelman is Professor of Statistics and Professor of Political Science and Director of the Applied Sciences Center at Columbia University. He has published over 250 articles in statistical theory, methods, and computation, and in applications areas including decision analysis, survey sampling, political science, public health, and policy. Deborah Nolan is Professor of Statistics at the University ... Read more
Reviews for Teaching Statistics: A Bag of Tricks
I strongly recommend Teaching Statistics to anyone teaching statistics. The second edition contains new and exciting ideas, especially for more advanced classes. This book is well-written, informative, and very useful.
Rebecca Conley, MAA Reviews
Gelman and Nolan have constructed a tour de force of clever demonstrations that will permit all who use them to communicate more effectively ... Read more
Rebecca Conley, MAA Reviews
Gelman and Nolan have constructed a tour de force of clever demonstrations that will permit all who use them to communicate more effectively ... Read more