Student attitudes toward statistics before and after a computer-integrated introductory statistics course

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 182-187

  Rhoads, Teri Reed ^b   Hubele, Norma Faris ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULA; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; STATISTICS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0034187249     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/13.848071     Document Type: Article

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