Using Real-World Examples to Enhance the Relevance of the Introductory Statistics Course

27 Pages Posted: 16 Aug 2012

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Hershey H. Friedman

City University of New York (CUNY) - Koppelman School of Business

Linda Weiser Friedman

City University of New York (CUNY) - Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems & Statistics; CUNY - The Graduate Center

Taiwo Amoo

City University of New York (CUNY) - Department of Finance

Date Written: August 15, 2012

Abstract

This paper discusses various cases, stories, and examples involving the use of statistics that can add excitement to an introductory statistics course. Teaching statistics as a mathematics course does not work for students interested in careers in business and accounting. What is needed, the authors feel, are attention-grabbing examples. The authors provide instructors with interesting material for making a statistics course exciting and relevant.

Keywords: Introductory Statistics, Statistics Education, Real-world examples in teaching, evidence-based research, health research, happiness research, teacher cheating, attractiveness research, college rankings

JEL Classification: A22, C10, I10, I21, I29

Suggested Citation

Friedman, Hershey H. and Friedman, Linda Weiser and Amoo, Taiwo, Using Real-World Examples to Enhance the Relevance of the Introductory Statistics Course (August 15, 2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2129750 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2129750

Hershey H. Friedman

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