Statplay: Multimedia for statistical understanding
Statplay: Multimedia for statistical understanding
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Statplay:用于统计理解的多媒体
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发表时间:
1998
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通讯作者:
N. Thomason
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作者:
G. Cumming;N. Thomason
StatPlay is multimedia for conceptual understanding in the introductory statistics course in any discipline. Its aim is to help overcome misconceptions about fundamental statistical concepts, and thus improve education and promote highly desirable reform of statistical practice by researchers in the social and behavioural sciences. StatPlay comprises simulations and tools in a number of microworlds in the broad areas of distributions, data, sampling, estimation and statistical significance testing. StatPlay design strategies include provision of vivid take-home images of concepts, multiple images of concepts dynamically linked, a high degree of interactivity, and a facility for the recording and playback of multimedia demonstrations. Classroom experience with StatPlay has been very positive, and commercialisation is now being sought. We give a brief description of the goals, design and use of StatPlay, our multimedia for introductory statistics. The context is that we see two fundamental challenges for statistics educators: overcoming widespread misconceptions about key statistical concepts, and helping to reform statistical practice in psychology and other disciplines.