1. Visualizing Statistics to aid Student Comprehension: Three Demonstrations

2. Demonstration #1 Tool Classes: Cost Task
Survey Monkey
Classes:
General Psychology
Social Psychology
Psychometrics (Measurement and Evaluation)
Cost
Free if you are using fewer than 10 items
Task
Have students create a short survey
Collect Data
Use Survey Monkey “Analyze”
Useful Analysis and Visualization
Percentages
Cross Tab
Creating Charts

3. Survey Monkey
surveymonkey.com

5. Demonstration #2 Tool Classes: Cost Task Useful Excel
Any, though requires a great deal of faculty attention &/or student training
Cost
Already available at most colleges
Task
Students can either enter their own data or can be provided with data
Have students explore “Insert Chart” options
Useful
Understanding ways to misrepresent data (e.g., axis labels)
Different data require different forms of graphing
Changes in graphs can change how data is “visible”
Demonstrating Interactions

6. Excel
Viewing Data
Graphing – misleading axis
Interactions

7. Demonstration #3 Tool Classes Cost Task Useful Mathematica Statistics
The demonstration version is free:
Task
Provide students with links to visual demonstrations on statistical concepts
Assign a task that instructs them what to do and/or questions to answer
Useful
Dozens of uses, and more being added regularly

8. Mathematica
Bubble Chart demonstration:
Effects of multiple comparisons on Type 1 error
Hypothesis testing – rejection region

9. Bubble Graphs

10. Type 1 Error

11. t-test

12. Thank you
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