The CATALST Curriculum: A Story of Change

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Fig. 1 Example of two samplers that achieve the same purpose. Both samplers will randomly select five items with replacement, with 2/3 probability of selecting “a” and 1/3 probability of selecting “b.”

Table 1 Summary of units in the old and new versions of the CATALST curriculum.

Old curriculum		New curriculum
Unit	Title	Unit	Title
1	Modeling and Simulation	1	Introduction to Monte Carlo Simulation
		2	Hypothesis Testing
2	Comparing Two Groups	3	Comparing Two Groups (Randomization Tests)
		4	Study Design
3	Statistical Estimation	5	Statistical Estimation

NOTE: By the time of publication; the units have again been revised and changed. This is characteristic of the ever-changing nature of the curriculum. For the most updated copy of the book and units, see https://zief0002.github.io/statistical-thinking/.

Fig. 2 Example “Cat Factory” sampler in TinkerPlots${}^{\text{TM}}$ software.

Fig. 3 Excerpts from an example group exam.

Fig. 4 Items 13 and 14 from the GOALS assessment.

Fig. 5 Example of an item that was adapted from GOALS to the REALI assessment.

Fig. 6 Item 5 from the GOALS and Item 28 from REALI.