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Functional Fun in Statistics Teaching: Resources, Research and Recommendations

Lawrence M. LesserThe University of Texas at El PasoCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dennis K. PearlThe Ohio State UniversityCorrespondence[email protected]
| Published online: 29 Aug 2017

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Nathan Taback & Alison L. Gibbs. (2023) A Randomized Study to Evaluate the Effect of a Nudge via Weekly E-mails on Students’ Attitudes Toward Statistics. Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education 31:2, pages 134-143.
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Amy Wagler & Ron Wagler. (2014) Randomizing Roaches: Exploring the ‘Bugs’ of Randomization in Experimental Design. Teaching Statistics 36:1, pages 13-20.
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Satish Pandey. (2012) Using popular movies in teaching cross‐cultural management. European Journal of Training and Development 36:2/3, pages 329-350.
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