Combating Anti-Statistical Thinking Using Simulation-Based Methods Throughout the Undergraduate Curriculum

American Statistician

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 362-370

  Tintle, Nathan ^a   Chance, Beth ^b   Cobb, George ^c   Roy, Soma ^b   Swanson, Todd ^d   VanderStoep, Jill ^d  

^a DORDT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d HOPE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Education; Permutation; Randomization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952786226     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.2015.1081619     Document Type: Article

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