Enhancing statistical education by using role-plays of consultation

Role-plays in which students act as clients and statistical consultants to each other in pairs have proved to be an effective class exercise. As well as helping to teach statistical methodology, they are effective at encouraging statistical thinking, problem solving, the use of context in applied st...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taplin, Ross
Format: Journal Article
Published: Wiley Blackwell 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4247