Developing case-based business statistics courses

American Statistician

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 330-337

  Parr, William C ^a   Smith, Marlene A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cases; Class discussion; Communication skills; Interactive education; Management; Problem solving; Statistical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032357823     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1998.10480591     Document Type: Article

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