DIGITAL LIBRARY
IMPROVING A COURSE OF STATISTICS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Universidad de Almería (SPAIN)
About this paper:
Appears in: INTED2010 Proceedings
Publication year: 2010
Pages: 2874-2880
ISBN: 978-84-613-5538-9
ISSN: 2340-1079
Conference name: 4th International Technology, Education and Development Conference
Dates: 8-10 March, 2010
Location: Valencia, Spain
Abstract:
Nowadays, the computer provides to the education of Statistics with a greater degree of experimentality and produces a reinforcement in the learning of this. It is essential the use of statistical packages, in the resolution of problems with great quantity of calculations. The ideal thing is that the training with computers was done placing two pupils for computer at most, however in the first year of university education this is practically impossible. Moreover, we have to add that the describers of these subjects are excessively extensive, compared with the credit number that they are assigned with.

Because of it, the objective of this communication is to settle this situation, preparing applications, which are of a great help to transmit information with a great saving of time. Doing this, we encourage the introduction in the classroom of materials, resources and new technologies in the education and learning of Statistics.

This way, we do not aim the rigorous proof of the statistical technologies skills, but an exhibition of the theoretical basic knowledge of these disciplines and the most applicable statistical methods, and in particular for higher education, for whose pupils of the University of Almeria (Spain) the following example was set out.

All the results have been carried out, using the statistical package "Statgraphics Plus", the program Mathematica and language LaTeX. The outputs are shown and interpreted to pupils with the Power-Point programme.

Keywords:
Statistical package, innovation, technology.