Classification and evaluation of examples for teaching probability to electrical engineering students

IEEE Transactions on Education

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 476-483

  Nagy, George ^a   Sikdar, Biplab ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogies; Education; Electrical engineering education; Learning; Probability; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EDUCATION; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS; STUDENTS; TEXTBOOKS;

ANALOGIES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS; LEARNING; RENSSELAER;

TEACHING;

EID: 56549101095     PISSN: 00189359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2007.914942     Document Type: Review

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