teaching statistical thinking_ part 1 descriptive statistics - duke university _ coursera

4/19/2015 TeachingStatisticalThinking:Part1DescriptiveStatisticsDukeUniversity|Coursera

https://www.coursera.org/course/teachstats1 1/6

/

1:04 3:51

(/duke)

Teaching StatisticalThinking: Part 1 DescriptiveStatisticsWepreparehighschoolteachersforteachingdescriptivestatistics.Teacherswilllearnbasicprinciplesforsummarizingdatainmeaningfulways.Satellitevideoswilldiscusspedagogyandteachstatisticalsoftwareviaexamplesspanningpopculture,sports,healthandothertopicssuitableforhighschoolclassrooms.

SessionsFutureSessions

Add to Watchlist

Course at a Glance 58hours/week English

Instructors

About the CourseWhiletheprimaryaimofthiscourseistopreparehighschoolteachersforteachingdescriptivestatistics,thiscoursewillenableanyglobalcitizentounderstandthebasicdescriptivestatisticspresentedbythemediafrombreakfasttobedtime.Descriptivestatistics,asthenameimplies,referstothedescribingorsummarizingofasetofdatausinggraphicsandnumbersummaries.Thiscoursecoversdescriptivestatisticsforasinglevariableandfortherelationshipbetweentwovariables.Coreprinciplevideoswillcoverthestatisticalcontent,whilesatellitevideoswilldiscusspedagogy,teachingresources,andanalyzingdatausingJMPsoftware.Thesesatellitevideoswillpresentconceptsviaexamplesspanningpopculture,sports,youth,andothertopicssuitableforhighschoolclassrooms.

4/19/2015 TeachingStatisticalThinking:Part1DescriptiveStatisticsDukeUniversity|Coursera

https://www.coursera.org/course/teachstats1 2/6

(/instructor/dalenestangl)Dr.DaleneStangl(/instructor/dalenestangl)DukeUniversity(/duke)

(/instructor/kateallman)Dr.KateAllman(/instructor/kateallman)DukeUniversity(/duke)

(/instructor/minecetinkayarundel)Dr.MineetinkayaRundel(/instructor/minecetinkayarundel)DukeUniversity(/duke)

CategoriesEducation(/courses?categories=education)StatisticsandDataAnalysis(/courses?categories=stats)TeacherProfessionalDevelopment(/courses?categories=teacherpd)

Share72

Share

7

Tweet

12

Course SyllabusThisclassistaughtinthreeunitsover5weeks

1. Gettingstartedwithdata(1week)2. Singlevariablegraphicsandnumbersummaries(1week)3. Graphicsandnumbersummariesdescribingtherelationshipbetweentwo

variables(2weeks)4. Review(1week)

Thefulllistoftopicsareasfollows:

Unit1,GettingStartedwithData01_01Introduction01_02Data,Variables,UnitofObservation/Analysis

Unit2,SingleVariableDescription02_01Graphics:Histogram,Boxplot02_02NumberSummaries:Center02_03NumberSummaries:Spread02_04TransformationandStandardization02_05BellshapedCurves

Unit3,DescribingRelationshipsBetweenTwoVariables03_01TwoCategoricalVariables:MosaicPlots03_02TwoCategoricalVariables:ContingencyTables03_03OneCategorical,OneNumericVariable:SidebySideBoxplots03_04TwoCategoricalVariables:Correlation03_05TwoNumericVariables:Regression03_06:03_09Reviewofentirecourse

Suggested ReadingsNooutsidereadingsarerequiredforthiscourse.

4/19/2015 TeachingStatisticalThinking:Part1DescriptiveStatisticsDukeUniversity|Coursera

https://www.coursera.org/course/teachstats1 3/6

Course FormatAlllecturevideosarereleasedonday1andareavailablethroughout.Youmayviewthemasslowlyorquicklyasyourscheduleallows.Practicequestionsareincludedattheendofmostvideos.Thisareoptionalandforyourlearningonly.Theywillnotbepartofthegrade.DatawillaccompanyeachoftheJMPsoftwarevideos,soweencourageyoutodownloadtheJMPsoftwareandreplicatetheanalysespresentedinthevideo.NotetherearefiveJMPsoftwarevideoscoveringeachtopic.Youneednotwatchallfive.Pickandchoosetopicsthatinterestyouandarefunforyou!

Alsonotethattheweeksofthecoursedonotcorrespondtothecourseunits.Thethirdmodulelaststwoweeks,andthereisareviewweek.

FAQWillIgetacertificateaftercompletingthisclass?

Yes.StudentswhosuccessfullycompletetheclasswillreceiveaStatementofAccomplishmentsignedbytheinstructors.

Whataretheprerequisitemathskillsforthecourse?

Basicalgebraskillsareassumedinthiscourse.Youmustbeabletoadd,subtract,multiply,divide,usefractions,convertfractionstopercentages,useexponents(squareandsquareroots),graphpointsintwodimensions,andsolveoneequationwithoneunknown.Itisalsohelpfultoknowsummationnotationhowever,thismaybepickedupasthecourseprogresses.

Whatresourcesareneededforthecourse?Youwillneedtowatchvideos,soadevicethatcanplayanmp4videoisrequired.Forthoseplanningtoteachthismaterialintheirownclasses,acomputerwillalsoberequired.TheJMPstatisticalsoftwareisanintegralpartofthecourse,and

4/19/2015 TeachingStatisticalThinking:Part1DescriptiveStatisticsDukeUniversity|Coursera

https://www.coursera.org/course/teachstats1 4/6

Related Courses

once,enrolled,youwillbegivenacouponcodethatgivesfreeaccesstothesoftwareforoneyearfromthecoursestartdate.

Epidemiology: The Basic Science ofPublic Health

(/learn/epidemiology)

Ebola: Essential Knowledge for HealthProfessionals

(/learn/ebolaessentialsforhealthprofessionals)

Fundamentals of Management

(/learn/fundamentalsofmanagement)

Introduction to Programming withMATLAB

(/course/matlab)

4/19/2015 TeachingStatisticalThinking:Part1DescriptiveStatisticsDukeUniversity|Coursera

https://www.coursera.org/course/teachstats1 5/6

Effective Problem-Solving andDecision-Making

(/learn/problemsolving)

Ebola : Vaincre ensemble !

(/learn/ebolavaincreensemble)

Project Management: The Basics forSuccess

(/learn/projectmanagementbasics)

Finance for Non-Financial Professionals

(/learn/financefornonfinancemanagers)

Two Speed IT: How Companies CanSurf the Digital Wave, a BCGPerspective(/learn/2speedit)

Browse more courses (/courses)

(/)

4/19/2015 TeachingStatisticalThinking:Part1DescriptiveStatisticsDukeUniversity|Coursera

https://www.coursera.org/course/teachstats1 6/6

Courseraprovidesuniversalaccesstotheworldsbesteducation,partneringwithtopuniversitiesandorganizationstooffercoursesforanyonetotake,forfree.

2015CourseraInc.Allrightsreserved.

COMPANY

About(/about/)

People(/about/people)

Leadership(/about/leadership)

Careers(/about/careers)

FRIENDS

Partners(/about/partners)

Community(/about/community)

Programs(/about/programs)

Developers(http://tech.coursera.org/appplatform)

Translate(/about/translate)

CONNECT

Google+(https://plus.google.com/+Coursera)

Twitter(http://twitter.com/coursera)

Facebook(https://www.facebook.com/Coursera)

Blog(http://blog.coursera.org)

TechBlog(http://tech.coursera.org)

MORE

Terms(/about/terms)

Privacy(/about/privacy)

Help(https://learner.coursera.help/hc)

Press(/about/press)

Contact(/about/contact)