Virtual experiments and their use in teaching experimental design

International Statistical Review

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 281-294

  Darius, Paul L ^a   Portier, Kenneth M ^b   Schrevens, Eddie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Applets; Data collection; Design of experiments; Teaching; Web based teaching tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849037715     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2007.00028.x     Document Type: Article

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