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K-8 Preservice Teachers’ Statistical Thinking When Determining Best Measure Of Center, Ha Nguyen, Eryn M. Stehr Maher, Gregory Chamblee, Sharon Taylor

Department of Mathematical Sciences Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to determine K-8 preservice teacher (PST) candidates’ statistical thinking when selecting the best center representation for the given data. Forty-four PSTs enrolled in a Statistics and Probability for K-8 Teachers course in a university located in the southeastern region of the United States were asked to complete a 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress test item. All 44 PSTs’ data were qualitatively analyzed for correctness and statistical thinking strategies used. Findings were that most PSTs either incorrectly selected the mean, rather than median, as the best measure of center for the given data or …

Teaching Statistics For Social Justice - An Autoethnographic Research Report, Sheffield L. Dacia, Sierra Brooks, Basil M. Conway, Ha Nguyen

Georgia Educational Researcher

The following autoethnography was completed by two graduate students at University A learning to enact teaching for social justice while building content underpinnings in statistics at University B. The authors present a research base for teaching for social justice followed by a description of their lesson, observations during enactment, and reflection of change in beliefs about teaching for social justice afterward. Findings in this study are shared from the authors’ personal perspectives through the enactment of teaching a lesson for social justice in an undergraduate statistics course at University B. Implications provide encouragement that the inclusion of social justice topics …

Conceptualizing And Interpreting Mean And Median With Future Teachers, Eryn M. Stehr, Ha Nguyen, Gregory Chamblee, Sharon Taylor

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators

Mathematical Education of Teachers II (METII), echoed by the American Statistical Association publication, Statistical Education of Teachers, recommended teacher preparation programs support future teachers in developing deep understandings of mean and median, such that middle grades teachers may use them to “summarize, describe, and compare distributions” (Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences, 2012, p. 44; Franklin et al., 2015). Georgia Standards of Excellence require statistical reasoning from students beginning as early as 6-7 years old, including interpretation of measures of center and statistical reasoning about best measures of center (Georgia Department of Education, 2015). This level of understanding and interpretation of …

Conceptualizing And Interpreting Mean And Median With Future Teachers, Eryn Stehr Maher, Ha Nguyen, Gregory Chamblee, Sharon Taylor

Department of Mathematical Sciences Faculty Publications

Mathematical Education of Teachers II (METII), echoed by the American Statistical Association publication, Statistical Education of Teachers, recommended teacher preparation programs support future teachers in developing deep understandings of mean and median, such that middle grades teachers may use them to “summarize, describe, and compare distributions” (Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences, 2012, p. 44; Franklin et al., 2015). Georgia Standards of Excellence require statistical reasoning from students beginning as early as 6-7 years old, including interpretation of measures of center and statistical reasoning about best measures of center (Georgia Department of Education, 2015). This level of understanding and interpretation of …

Teaching The Monty Hall Dilemma To Explore Decision-Making, Probability, And Regret In Behavioral Science Classrooms, Kevin L. Bennett

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

The Monty Hall Dilemma (MHD), made famous by the television game show Let’s Make a Deal, can be an effective teaching tool with wide ranging behavioral science applications. The format and history of the problem are presented as well as experimental data and variations on the original design. Strategic game playing choices are discussed from several perspectives including statistics, decision making, social and personality psychology, and cognitive functioning. Because the classroom exercise is engaging and counterintuitive, it challenges students to generate explanatory ideas that draw from multiple perspectives. It exemplifies the type of detective work and creative thinking that …

Using School Choice To Connect To Mathematics Learning In A Statistics And Probability Course For K-8 Pre-Service Teachers, Ha Nguyen, Heidi Eisenreich

Georgia Educational Researcher

This pilot qualitative study explored K-8 pre-service teachers (PSTs)’ learning experience in a Statistics and Probability course and their ability to make connections between mathematics and their everyday lives when given opportunities to investigate mathematics through a social issue. Data from student surveys, assessments, and written reflections will be reported, analyzed, and discussed. The researchers also describe approaches and reflect upon experiences for PSTs while studying school choice voucher programs.

Quasi-Random Action Selection In Markov Decision Processes, Samuel D. Walker

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In Markov decision processes an operator exploits known data regarding the environment it inhabits. The information exploited is learned from random exploration of the state-action space. This paper proposes to optimize exploration through the implementation of quasi-random sequences in both discrete and continuous state-action spaces. For the discrete case a permutation is applied to the indices of the action space to avoid repetitive behavior. In the continuous case sequences of low discrepancy, such as Halton sequences, are utilized to disperse the actions more uniformly.

Bios 6531 - Categorical Data Analysis, Haresh Rochani

Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Syllabi

This course introduces statistical methods for analyzing both univariate and multivariate categorical data and count in medical research and other health-related fields. The course will introduce how to distinguish among the different measurement scales, the commonly used statistical probability distribution and inference methods for categorical and count data. Emphasis will be placed on the application of the methodology and computational aspects rather than theory. The students will learn how to apply SAS procedures to data and interpret the results.

Engaging Diverse Students In Statistical Inquiry: A Comparison Of Learning Experiences And Outcomes Of Under-Represented And Non-Underrepresented Students Enrolled In A Multidisciplinary Project-Based Statistics Course, Lisa Dierker (Ae), Jalen Alexander, Jennifer L. Cooper, Arielle Selya, Jennifer Rose, Nilanjana Dasgupta

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Introductory statistics needs innovative, evidence-based teaching practices that support and engage diverse students. To evaluate the success of a multidisciplinary, project-based course, we compared experiences of under-represented (URM) and non-underrepresented students in 4 years of the course. While URM students considered the material more difficult than non-URM students, URM students demonstrated similar levels of increased confidence in applied skills and interest in follow up courses as non-URM students. URM students were found to be twice as likely as non-URM students to report that their interest in conducting research increased. Increasing student confidence and interest gives all students a welcoming place …

Opinions On Divorce In Georgia Between Different Demographic Groups, Rachel A. Melcher

Honors College Theses

Divorce has always been a divisive topic; indeed, divorce rates differ wildly among members of different demographic groups. What of their opinions, though? What are the differences in opinions on divorce in Georgia between separate different demographic groups? My research suggests that the different lines of thought are drawn largely on religious and ethnic lines, rather than such factors as gender, age or annual household income.

Biostatistics News, Georgia Southern University

Biostatistics News (2011-2018)

• Statistics Profession Honors Dr. Karl E. Peace

Revising Common Core Georgia Performance Standards Statistics Lesson Plans To Better Align With Statistical Practice, Rachel Bonilla

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In this thesis, lesson plans provided by the Georgia Department of Education are revised to give students better exposure and practice working with real-life data. Three learning tasks and a performance task are presented covering a unit lesson on statistical regression. The development of Georgia statistics curriculum standards are reviewed and presented.

Analysis Of The Effectiveness Of Traditional Versus Hybrid Student Performance For An Elementary Statistics Course, Kamal M. Kakish, Lissa Pollacia, Adrian Heinz

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

This paper investigates the performance of students enrolled in traditional versus hybrid Elementary Statistics courses at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC). For this study, we collected and analyzed student performance data for the course goals over the spring semester of 2011. GGC is unique as it is an open access undergraduate institution, which has experienced rapid growth since its recent foundation in 2006. This presents a distinct challenge because there is a diverse student population, with various degrees of mathematical knowledge and learning capabilities. Based on the results of our findings, we have discovered that there is no significant difference between …

Time Series Analysis Of Stock Prices Using The Box-Jenkins Approach, Shakira Green

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A time series is a sequence of data points, typically measured at uniform time intervals. Examples occur in a variety of fields ranging from economics to engineering, and methods of analyzing time series constitute an important part of Statistics. Time series analysis comprises methods for analyzing time series data in order to extract meaningful characteristics of the data and forecast future values. The Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) models, or Box-Jenkins methodology, are a class of linear models that are capable of representing stationary as well as nonstationary time series. ARIMA models rely heavily on autocorrelation patterns. This paper will …

Zach's News, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

University Libraries News Online (2008-2023)

• Georgia Official and Statistical Register
• Library Hours for Spring 2008
• Welcome
• New Coffee Shop in Library

Comparison Of Career Statistics And Season Statistics In Major League Baseball, Mark Joseph Ammons

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This is a comparison of statistics for some of the best seasons and careers of players from Major League Baseball; using data collected on batting average, at bat to homerun ratio, and earned run average. Two teams were created, composed of season leaders and career leaders, chosen for their outstanding offensive and pitching abilities, and were pitted against one another to determine superiority. These two teams also compared against a team from each era of major league baseball. The season and career leaders challenged, the 1918 Boston Red Sox, 1927 New York Yankees, 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1961 New York Yankees, …

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• Annual Visit Of Parents Scheduled for Sunday
• Industrial Arts Fair Scheduled for Saturday
• Student Council Suggests Many Needed Changes
• Dean Of Women Calls Meeting
• Essay Entries Deadline Set
• GTC Chosen As Site Of Scheduled College Tourney
• Schedule Set for Choice Of Rooms
• Piano Clinic Set for June 8-10
• Broucek-Hooley Concert Slated for April 27
• Whose Fault Is It?
• Believe...
• Cooperation Begun?
• The Spark Of Life
• A Good Feeling
• Personality...
• On the Sideline...
• North Georgia Is Victim Twice To GTC Profs
• Hard Hitting Revealed In Professor's Statistics
• Campus Column
• FBLA Offers Girls a Change
• Faculty News Briefs
• GTC Students In Show …

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• Assignments Made for 40 Student Teachers
• Staff Changes Are Announced
• I-A Meets To Elect Officers
• Amherst Opens GTC Schedule
• GTC Band Will Make Tour From March 22 To 26
• Night Class In French Planned
• An Inward Look
• Mental Health Student Planned
• Holt Is Chosen 'T' Book Editor
• LETTERS To the EDITOR...
• On the Clothesline...
• Baseball Team Begins Season
• Miller Is Named FTA President
• Women Students Meeting Tuesday
• 'Profs' Cage Record Number 30 for Year
• GTC Veterans Win Tournaments
• GTC Scoring Statistics Give Webb Trophy
• Away Next Week
• GTC Students In Panel Discussion
• Brown To Head Methodist Group
• Book Exchange Will …