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Factors Influencing Student Outcomes In A Large, Online Simulation-Based Introductory Statistics Course, Ella M. Burnham

Department of Statistics: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Work

The demand for statistical knowledge and skills is growing in many disciplines, so more students are enrolling in introductory statistics courses (Blair, Kirkman, & Maxwell, 2018). At the same time, institutions are seeking course delivery methods that allow for greater flexibility for students, especially following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic; therefore, there is more interest in the development and delivery of online introductory statistics courses.

To address this, I collaboratively designed an online introductory statistics course which focuses on simulation-based inference for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The course design was informed by the Community of Inquiry framework (Garrison, Anderson, …