Teaching the assessment of normality using large easily‐generated real data sets. (2nd February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kulp, Christopher W.; Sprechini, Gene D.
• Is Part Of: Teaching statistics. Volume 38:Number 2(2016)
• Page Start: 56
• Page End: 62
• Publication Date: 2016-02-02
• Subjects: Teaching statistics -- Video recording -- Camcorders -- Exploring normality -- Large data sets; Statistics -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Periodicals; Statistics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Periodicals; 373
• DOI: 10.1111/test.12097
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0141-982X

Abstract

Summary: A classroom activity is presented, which can be used in teaching students statistics with an easily generated, large, real world data set. The activity consists of analyzing a video recording of an object. The colour data of the recorded object can then be used as a data set to explore variation in the data using graphs including histograms, quantile–quantile plots and scatterplots, and to indicate possible formal analyses.