When seeing is learning: Dynamic and interactive visualizations to teach statistical concepts

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Moreau, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Didactics; Mental imagery; Monte carlo simulations; R; Research methods; Spatial ability; Statistics; Visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926653752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00342     Document Type: Article

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