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Teaching Statistics With Sports Examples, Paul Kvam, Joel Sokol Sep 2004

Teaching Statistics With Sports Examples, Paul Kvam, Joel Sokol

Department of Math & Statistics Faculty Publications

Class material for introductory and advanced statistics can be colorfully illustrated by using appropriate data and examples from sports. Specific methods, including statistical graphics (e.g., boxplots), ball-and-urn probabilities, and statistical regression are demonstrated. Examples are drawn from popular American sports such as baseball, basketball, soccer and American football. Classroom feedback indicates that most students enjoy sports examples as a way to learn abstract concepts using familiar, recreational settings.


A Study By Upper And Lower Quartile Groups Of The 1940 Graduates Of John Marshall High School, Elmira Coalter Maurice Apr 1950

A Study By Upper And Lower Quartile Groups Of The 1940 Graduates Of John Marshall High School, Elmira Coalter Maurice

Master's Theses

To what extent was the program offered by John Marshall High School adequate in meeting the life-preparationneeds for its students, as revealed by a follow-up study of the upper and lower quartile groups or the graduating classes of February and June 1940? Information for the study was drawn from data dealing with the past and present status or the group in personal, academic, professional and business life; from their own opinions; from those or their employers and from the personnel or the schools which they have attended since graduation.