Using Online Game-Based Simulations to Strengthen Students’ Understanding of Practical Statistical Issues in Real-World Data Analysis

American Statistician

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 354-361

  Kuiper, Shonda ^a   Sturdivant, Rodney X ^b  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational games; Messy data; Real world problems; Undergraduate research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952788877     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.2015.1075421     Document Type: Article

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