Simpson's Paradox is a great lesson to teach in a "statistical thinking" course (hopefully ST is taught in every intro stat course). It focuses on the problem of aggregation. There are famous examples like the Berkeley admissions data.
Other examples to track down:
1. Death rates in Maine vs. South Carolina (1970's??)--apparently there is one age group that throws everything off. In a Mosteller book?
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Idea and promises of things to come
The concept of backwards Design changed my life. Well, maybe that's an exaggeration, but it certainly helped my teaching. This blog will post general comments about teaching as well as specific issues related to teaching statistics, in particular teaching statistics to non-majors.
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