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Finding an Appropriate Balance BetweenSimulation-based and Traditional Methods in the Teaching of Statistical Inference

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1994 2012

20121994

Graduate Teaching Position “Welcome to teaching, here is the book, just cover the material”

1994 20121995

First use of simulation - Visual proof of CLT - Justify the correctness of a standard error - Understanding the robustness of the t-test

1994 20121995

1994 20121998

Purchased laptop for instruction - Simulation became interactive - Still doing Proof, Correctness, Robustness

1994 20121998

1994 20122002

Background

Started at Winona State University - Every student had a laptop

1994 2012

Background

Started at Winona State University - Every student had a laptop

However, - Need for simulation faded as I was no longer concerned about Proof, Correctness, Robustness

Moved to current ordering of topics - Single Categorical: One Group - Single Categorical: Several Groups - Two Categorical: Understanding Relationships

1994 20122005

Moved to current ordering of topics - Single Categorical: One Group - Single Categorical: Several Groups - Two Categorical: Understanding Relationships

- Single Numerical: (One Group) Paired - Single Numerical: Two Groups - Single Numerical: Several Groups - Two Numerical: Understanding Relationships

1994 20122005

Moved to current ordering of topics - Single Categorical: One Group

1994 20122005

Moved to current ordering of topics - Single Categorical: One Group - Overly simplified requirements for inference i) Obtain repeated (null) outcomes ii) Evaluate evidence

1994 20122005

Introduction to Tinkerplots® 2.0

1994 20122010

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incidents

Does my precinct (Precinct #1) have

more crime than it’s fair share?

Fair share

Not #1

36 crimes in Precinct #1

this week

Methods of evaluating evidence - Is 36 an outlier? [critical value]

Methods of evaluating evidence - Is 36 an outlier? [critical value] - How likely is it to see 36 or more crimes? [p-value]

Methods of evaluating evidence - Is 36 an outlier? [critical value] - How likely is it to see 36 or more crimes? [p-value] 12

Or is it ?

Or is it 13.8%?

It is 13.6%.via binomial exact test

Slightly Modified Question: Are crimes equally dispersed?

Note: This modification results in a major change in the methodological approach to the analysis

Is ____ an outlier?36

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Simulation-based methods are used to - Get to inference early and often

Balance

Simulation-based methods are used to - Get to inference early and often - Develop core concepts of statistical inference Testing: Logic of inference (null model) Random variation over repeated samples Evaluate evidence (p-value) CI: Likely outcomes over repeated samples (MOE)

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Simulation-based methods are reduced over time - Added value of their conceptual understanding is reduced - Students seek out the short-cut method - Not enough time to cover all the material - Need to serve the client disciplines

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Simulation-based methods are not - The only approach presented

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Simulation-based methods are not - The only approach presented - Treated as alternatives to traditional methods

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Simulation-based methods are not - The only approach presented - Treated as alternatives to traditional methods - Used to verify the distributional properties of a statistic (evolved since 1995)

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Finding an appropriate balance between simulation-based and traditional methods is the most important unresolved issue

regarding the teaching of statistical inference.

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