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Data Delight: Supporting Statistics Teaching via StudyNet

Data Delight is a collection of class data to support statistics teaching. It includes exercises, workshops, and web-based tools that generate questions quickly. It aims to provide student-relevant and motivating content.

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Data Delight: Supporting Statistics Teaching via StudyNet

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  1. Data Delightcollection of class data to support statistics teaching via StudyNet Diana Kornbrot and Rachel Msetfi

  2. Data Delight Aims • Original Aims 2003 - 2004 • A tool to collect student data in EXCEL • Exercises, in workshops, student relevant, motivating • Web Based, Distributed via STUDYNET. • Generate questions in tool as quickly as in WORD • B.Sc. Psychology MDA2, Kornbrot, Msetfi • Extended Aims 2004 - 2005 • Also use to give personal feedback on exercises • B.Sc. Psychology MDA1, Msetfi • M.Sc. Occupational Psychology, RSIA, Kornbrot • More Extended Aims 2004 - 2005 • Extend to lab classes and quizzes • Develop semi-automated feedback

  3. Data Collection Tool • Surveymonkey http://www.surveymonkey.com • Looked at several, but needs relook • Advantages • Design and some collection FREE • Flexible, simple design • Full facilities $20/month, ? Students also • Disadvantages • Clumsy for pictures and equations

  4. MDA2 2003-2004 rachel • Course Description • 2nd year statistics course • Lectures, workshop sessions and assignments • Initial Questionnaire • Demo Questionnaire • Demo Response in EXCEL • Demo Exercise

  5. Your real data! • Can we predict who will pass the exam??? • DV (outcome variable) = mid term performance • IVs (explanatory or predictor variables) • Interest in stats, relevance of stats to psychology, how many hours you study, how many hours you work, how pessimistic you are • Looking at the data……..

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  7. MDA2 2003-2004 rachel • Student Evaluation • Demo Questionnaire • To what extent did collecting student data by WEB Questionnaire make subsequent data analyses more interesting? • To what extent did collecting student data by WEB Questionnaire for use in lecture examples and workshop exercises make the material easier to understand and learn? • Do you think collecting student data by WEB Questionnaire would be useful for 1st Year methodology course? • Results of Evaluation

  8. MDA1 2004-2005 rachel • Course Description • 1st year statistics course • Weekly lectures • Workshops - practical exercises to be completed in session • Problems: • Not part of formal assessment • Lack of motivation to complete; Written answers not completed; Limited verbal feedback etc.,

  9. MDA1 2004-2005 rachel • Practical questions in WORD • Submit answers online using surveymonkey • Semi-automatic marking using EXCEL • Give feedback using mail-merge in WORD

  10. “A surprise to me is that I actually enjoy statistics. Previous to coming to university the last time I did any maths was at GCSE and it was a nightmare. I was dreading the statistics module but actually found it easy to get into and not to hard to follow.”

  11. RSIA 2004-2005 diana • Course Description • Questionnaire • Student biodata • Diagnostics and feedback • Magnitude Estimation Experiment

  12. Future Plans • Laboratory Work • Data entry from Demos • Training in Report Writing • In Class Assessment • Automated Feedback • Semi-Automated Feedback • Integration with Demos • Integration with Question Banks

  13. Credits • Students • James Erskine

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