Integration of Microcomputer-based Instruction into Business Statistics Courses

该项目将支持一所开放招生学院应用数学科学系的仪器设备。一个教室将配备25台联网的IBM-PC(或IBM兼容)微型计算机和一个大型投影屏幕，以供演示。该设备将用于两门初级统计课程，这两门课程是商务专业的必修课。学生将遇到日常布置的课堂问题，这些问题涉及决策情况，需要对计算机输出进行统计分析和解释。解决方案将在计算机(每台机器两名学生)上解决，就像在实验室里一样。对数学不感兴趣的商科学生将对统计概念及其在现实世界问题中的应用有更大的理解，在处理流行的IBM-PC机器方面有更多经验，对攻读决策科学领域的高级数学选修课的兴趣也会增强。UH-Downtown大学1986届毕业生中有58%是商科学生，他们将接受量化方法方面的强化培训。最终，其他教师将被鼓励使用这个教学实验室来教授计算机科学、数值方法和微积分等课程。

This project will support instrumentation in the Applied Mathematical Sciences Department of an open-admissions college. A classroom will be equipped with twenty-five networked IBM-PC (or IBM compatible) microcomputers and a large scale projection screen for demonstration purposes. The equipment will be used in two junior level statistics courses which are required of business majors. Students will encounter daily assigned classroom problems dealing with decision-making situations which require statistical analysis and interpretation of computer output. Solutions will be worked out on computers (two students per machine), as in a lab. Mathematically-shy business students will have a greater appreciation of statistical concepts and their applications to real world problems, more experience in dealing with the popular IBM-PC machinery and increased interest in pursuing optional senior level math courses in the area of the decision sciences. Business students, who represent fifty-eight percent of UH-Downtown's 1986 graduating class, will receive enhanced training in quantitative methods. Ultimately, other faculty will be encouraged to use this instructional lab for courses in computer science, numerical methods and calculus.