Statistical consulting courses for undergraduates: Fortune or folly?

Journal of Statistics Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Boomer, K B ^a   Rogness, Neal ^b   Jersky, Brian ^c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Course development; Data based applied course; Minimum skills; Pitfalls; Undergraduate consulting

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049165952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10691898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2007.11889542     Document Type: Article

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