The multimedia project MM*STAT for teaching statistics

Rönz, Bernd; Müller, Marlene; Ziegenhagen, Uwe

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-57678-2_55

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“…However, as experiences with MM*Stat show Rönz, Müller, and Ziegenhagen (2000), about 48% of the students prefer the CD-ROM version, 40% prefer the Web version, and 12% have no preference. The CD has the advantage that it is independent from a network connection and can be run on virtually any computer.…”

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Teaching an Introductory Statistics Course with CyberStats, an Electronic Textbook

Symanzik

Vukasinovic

2006

Journal of Statistics Education

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In the Fall 2001 semester, we taught a "Web-enhanced" version of the undergraduate course "Statistical Methods" (STAT 2000) at Utah State University. The course used the electronic textbook CyberStats in addition to "face-to-face" teaching. This paper gives insight in our experiences in teaching this course. We describe the main features of CyberStats, the course content and the teaching techniques used in class, students' reactions and performance, and some specific problems encountered during the course. We compare this Webenhanced course with other similar textbook-based courses and report instructors' and students' opinions. We finish with a general discussion of advantages and disadvantages of a Web-enhanced statistics course.

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Teaching an Introductory Statistics Course with CyberStats, an Electronic Textbook

Symanzik

Vukasinovic

2006

Journal of Statistics Education

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“…It could also be started with just opening a certain Quantlet that can be edited and manually executed. Because of these attributes and the platform independence the XQC recommends itself for the integration into HTML and PDF contents for visualizing Figure 6: XQC working example statistical and mathematical coherences (Rönz 2001, Klinke 2001.…”

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“…To combine the advantages of Java with the client/server concept we propose to implement clients in Java. Our Java client supports interactive teaching of statistics as illustrated by Rönz (2001).…”

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Client/Server based Statistical Computing

Kleinow

Lehmann

2002

Computational Statistics

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In today's world, many statistical questions require the use of computational assistance. Our approach, presented in this thesis, combines the possibilities of the powerful statistical software environment XploRe, with the advantages of distributed client/server applications, and the opportunities offered by the Internet. In order to offer the client access to a large community, the Java language is used to implement the client's functionalities. The result is a statistical package -usable via the World Wide Web -that can be used like a traditional statistical software package, but without the need for installing the entire software package on the user's computer.This thesis provides an overview of the desired software environment, and illustrates the general structure with the implementation of the XploRe Quantlet Client/Server architecture. It also shows applications, in which this architecture has already been integrated.

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“…The multimedia project MM*Stat (Rönz et al, 2000), has been developed at Humboldt-University at Berlin and has been released as a commercial product in 2001. The German version of the package is distributed by Springer-Verlag on a CD-ROM accompanied by a short manual booklet at a price of EUR 17.20 (about $18.00).…”

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Comparative Review of ActivStats, CyberStats, and MM*Stat

Symanzik¹,

Vukasinovic²

2003

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Comparative Review of ActivStats, CyberStats, and MM*Stat I ntroductory statistics courses are commonly considered to be difficult and boring by students. Students are required to simultaneously develop a variety of skills including quantitative and graphical insights along with mathematical and analytical abilities (Härdle et al. 1999). Also, it is sometimes difficult for students to relate statistical concepts presented in class to real world problems and everyday situations. The idea to use computers to increase transparency and motivation when teaching statistics dates back to times before the PC and the Web became widely popular. Computers in teaching statistics are especially helpful in reducing the need for lengthy manual calculations, facilitating graphical data analysis, and illustrating statistical concepts by means of simulation experiments (Snell and Peterson, 1992). Modern electronic textbooks, combined with an underlying statistical software package, include, in addition, interactivity, hands-on exercises, colorful applets, well-documented real-life examples, and the possibility to analyze even larger data sets quickly and effectively. There are many statistical teachware packages and electronic textbooks available. Some of them are freely accessible via the Internet, such as the GASP educational procedures (West et al.

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The multimedia project MM*STAT for teaching statistics

Cited by 6 publications

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Teaching an Introductory Statistics Course with CyberStats, an Electronic Textbook

Teaching an Introductory Statistics Course with CyberStats, an Electronic Textbook

Client/Server based Statistical Computing

Comparative Review of ActivStats, CyberStats, and MM*Stat

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