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Teaching Statistical
Thinking: Part 1 Descriptive
Statistics

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Wepreparehighschoolteachersforteachingdescriptivestatistics.
Teacherswilllearnbasicprinciplesforsummarizingdatain
meaningfulways.Satellitevideoswilldiscusspedagogyandteach
statisticalsoftwareviaexamplesspanningpopculture,sports,health
andothertopicssuitableforhighschoolclassrooms.

About the Course

Sessions

Whiletheprimaryaimofthiscourseistopreparehighschoolteachersfor
teachingdescriptivestatistics,thiscoursewillenableanyglobalcitizento
understandthebasicdescriptivestatisticspresentedbythemediafrombreakfast
tobedtime.Descriptivestatistics,asthenameimplies,referstothedescribingor
summarizingofasetofdatausinggraphicsandnumbersummaries.Thiscourse
coversdescriptivestatisticsforasinglevariableandfortherelationshipbetween
twovariables.Coreprinciplevideoswillcoverthestatisticalcontent,whilesatellite
videoswilldiscusspedagogy,teachingresources,andanalyzingdatausingJMP
software.Thesesatellitevideoswillpresentconceptsviaexamplesspanningpop
culture,sports,youth,andothertopicssuitableforhighschoolclassrooms.
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58hours/week

English

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Course Syllabus

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Dr.DaleneStangl
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DukeUniversity(/duke)

Thisclassistaughtinthreeunitsover5weeks
1. Gettingstartedwithdata(1week)
2. Singlevariablegraphicsandnumbersummaries(1week)

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Dr.KateAllman
(/instructor/kateallman)
DukeUniversity(/duke)

3. Graphicsandnumbersummariesdescribingtherelationshipbetweentwo
variables(2weeks)
4. Review(1week)
Thefulllistoftopicsareasfollows:
Unit1,GettingStartedwithData
01_01Introduction

02_01Graphics:Histogram,Boxplot

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Dr.MineetinkayaRundel
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DukeUniversity(/duke)

02_02NumberSummaries:Center
02_03NumberSummaries:Spread

Categories

01_02Data,Variables,UnitofObservation/Analysis
Unit2,SingleVariableDescription

02_04TransformationandStandardization
02_05BellshapedCurves
Unit3,DescribingRelationshipsBetweenTwoVariables
03_01TwoCategoricalVariables:MosaicPlots

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03_02TwoCategoricalVariables:ContingencyTables

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03_03OneCategorical,OneNumericVariable:SidebySideBoxplots
03_04TwoCategoricalVariables:Correlation

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03_05TwoNumericVariables:Regression
03_06:03_09Reviewofentirecourse

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Course Format
Alllecturevideosarereleasedonday1andareavailablethroughout.Youmay
viewthemasslowlyorquicklyasyourscheduleallows.Practicequestionsare
includedattheendofmostvideos.Thisareoptionalandforyourlearningonly.
Theywillnotbepartofthegrade.DatawillaccompanyeachoftheJMPsoftware
videos,soweencourageyoutodownloadtheJMPsoftwareandreplicatethe
analysespresentedinthevideo.NotetherearefiveJMPsoftwarevideoscovering
eachtopic.Youneednotwatchallfive.Pickandchoosetopicsthatinterestyou
andarefunforyou!
Alsonotethattheweeksofthecoursedonotcorrespondtothecourseunits.The
thirdmodulelaststwoweeks,andthereisareviewweek.

FAQ
WillIgetacertificateaftercompletingthisclass?
Yes.StudentswhosuccessfullycompletetheclasswillreceiveaStatementof
Accomplishmentsignedbytheinstructors.
Whataretheprerequisitemathskillsforthecourse?
Basicalgebraskillsareassumedinthiscourse.Youmustbeabletoadd,
subtract,multiply,divide,usefractions,convertfractionstopercentages,use
exponents(squareandsquareroots),graphpointsintwodimensions,andsolve
oneequationwithoneunknown.Itisalsohelpfultoknowsummationnotation
however,thismaybepickedupasthecourseprogresses.
Whatresourcesareneededforthecourse?
Youwillneedtowatchvideos,soadevicethatcanplayanmp4videoisrequired.
Forthoseplanningtoteachthismaterialintheirownclasses,acomputerwillalso
berequired.TheJMPstatisticalsoftwareisanintegralpartofthecourse,and

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once,enrolled,youwillbegivenacouponcodethatgivesfreeaccesstothe
softwareforoneyearfromthecoursestartdate.

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