Abstract: On contrary to the yet most common practice so far, statistics teaching should not be taken as a mere fact of transferring information from one generation to another. Rather the goal should be, to habituate instructors and the students in statistical way of thinking for better statistics teaching/learning environment. Why statistics is learned and how could them be used in life sciences are the most fundamental factors to consider. This paper has an overview on how real data can play a significant role and why should them be considered in making statistics teaching more engaging, interesting and more meaningful to the students. Also, the impact of such teaching in the students’ work situations have been discussed in brief. The paper also has discussed the benefits and the challenges while using real data in statistics teaching and as well have some in person experiences and the efforts explained while have come across struggling to make statistics teaching relatively satisfactory in a continuum.
Keywords: statistics teaching, real data, statistical way of thinking, data analysis, statistics education.
Title: Teaching Statistics through Real Data: An Overview
Author: Chuda Prasad Dhakal
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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