Learning Statistics Using Specialized Software Applications

Dimitrios Kallivokas ()
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Dimitrios Kallivokas: University of West Attica

A chapter in Strategic Innovative Marketing and Tourism, 2024, pp 749-756 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In-depth learning of undergraduate statistics by students is very important today, and ways are being sought to achieve this goal. This work examines the contribution of the use of specialized software applications to the effective understanding of statistical concepts and to the development of statistical thinking and ultimately in the improvement of students’ statistical literacy. In an introductory statistics course in the University of West Attica, Greece, a teaching intervention was made in which experimental teaching was carried out and specialized software applications were used. The students were divided in two groups. In one of them, in every lecture, specialized software applications were used, while in other group, only general software was used. These applications were designed for these teachings to be easy to use and represent and visualize statistical concepts. The results of these experimental teachings were measured and compared with the results of traditional teachings on the same course. Findings showed that the group in which interactive specific software applications were used had better results in final course performance and understanding of the concepts taught. Implications for higher education are discussed.

Keywords: Statistic education; ICT in statistic education; Statistical literacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-51038-0_81

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