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2008</a></li><li><a href="/uc/tise/1/1">Volume 1, Issue 1, 2007</a></li></ul></div></details></div><div><div><h3 class="o-heading1a">Articles</h3><div class="c-pub"><h4 class="c-pub__heading"><a href="/uc/item/8dp5t34t"><div class="c-clientmarkup">TinkerPlots as a Research Tool to Explore Student Understanding</div></a></h4><div class="c-authorlist"><ul class="c-authorlist__list"><li class="c-authorlist__begin"><a href="/search/?q=author%3AWatson%2C%20Jane">Watson, Jane</a>; </li><li class="c-authorlist__end"><a href="/search/?q=author%3ADonne%2C%20Julie">Donne, Julie</a> </li></ul></div><div class="c-pub__abstract"><div class="c-clientmarkup"><p>This paper explores the use of the dynamic software package, TinkerPlots, as a research tool to assist in assessing students’ understanding of aspects of beginning inference. Two interview protocols used previously with middle school students in printed format without computer software were introduced to a new sample of students through data sets entered in TinkerPlots. The later group of students had experienced a series of lessons using TinkerPlots but the activities were based on different data sets. Of interest in this exploratory study is an analysis of the affordances provided by TinkerPlots to researchers in their quest to assist students in explaining their thinking about the data sets. These are considered in relation to those provided by the format of the earlier interviews.</p></div></div></div><div class="c-pub"><h4 class="c-pub__heading"><a href="/uc/item/67j8j18s"><div class="c-clientmarkup">Social Data Analysis with StatCrunch: Potential Benefits to Statistical Education</div></a></h4><div class="c-authorlist"><ul class="c-authorlist__list"><li class="c-authorlist__begin"><a href="/search/?q=author%3AWest%2C%20Webster">West, Webster</a> </li></ul></div><div class="c-pub__abstract"><div class="c-clientmarkup"><p>StatCrunch (www.statcrunch.com) is an online data analysis package that can be used as a low cost alternative to traditional statistical software for introductory statistics courses. StatCrunch offers a wide array of numerical and graphical routines for analyzing data along with several features such as interactive graphics which can be used for pedagogical purposes. StatCrunch has a number of new features related to social data analysis where users may share data sets and associated analysis results via the StatCrunch site. Users may also interact via online discussions related to shared items. This manuscript provides a brief description of the mechanics of uploading and sharing information via the StatCrunch site and then discusses some of the potential benefits that these social data analysis capabilities offer to both students and instructors.</p></div></div></div></div></div></section></main><aside><section class="o-columnbox1"><header><h2>Journal Information</h2></header><div class="c-journalinfo"><ul><li><b>e-ISSN:</b> 1933-4214</li></ul></div></section><div><section class="o-columnbox1"><header><h2>Recent Articles</h2></header><ul class="c-relateditems"><li><h3><a class="o-textlink__secondary" href="/uc/item/2z57b52x"><div class="c-clientmarkup">Supporting Statistics and Data Science Education with learnr</div></a></h3><div class="c-authorlist"><ul class="c-authorlist__list"><li class="c-authorlist__begin"><a href="/search/?q=author%3AStoudt%2C%20Sara">Stoudt, Sara</a>; </li><li><a href="/search/?q=author%3AScotina%2C%20Anthony%20D.">Scotina, Anthony D.</a>; </li><li class="c-authorlist__end"><a href="/search/?q=author%3ALuebke%2C%20Karsten">Luebke, Karsten</a> </li></ul></div></li><li><h3><a class="o-textlink__secondary" href="/uc/item/4k95g5j0"><div class="c-clientmarkup">NormalityAssessment: An Interactive Classroom Tool for Testing Normality Visually</div></a></h3><div class="c-authorlist"><ul class="c-authorlist__list"><li class="c-authorlist__begin"><a href="/search/?q=author%3ACasement%2C%20Christopher%20J.">Casement, Christopher J.</a>; </li><li class="c-authorlist__end"><a href="/search/?q=author%3AMcSweeney%2C%20Laura%20A.">McSweeney, Laura A.</a> </li></ul></div></li><li><h3><a class="o-textlink__secondary" href="/uc/item/7kk4d922"><div class="c-clientmarkup">An educator’s perspective of the tidyverse</div></a></h3><div class="c-authorlist"><ul class="c-authorlist__list"><li class="c-authorlist__begin"><a href="/search/?q=author%3ACetinkaya-Rundel%2C%20Mine">Cetinkaya-Rundel, Mine</a>; </li><li><a href="/search/?q=author%3AHardin%2C%20Johanna">Hardin, Johanna</a>; </li><li><a href="/search/?q=author%3ABaumer%2C%20Ben">Baumer, Ben</a>; </li><li><a href="/search/?q=author%3AMcNamara%2C%20Amelia">McNamara, Amelia</a>; </li><li><a href="/search/?q=author%3AHorton%2C%20Nicholas">Horton, Nicholas</a>; </li><li class="c-authorlist__end"><a href="/search/?q=author%3ARundel%2C%20Colin">Rundel, Colin</a> </li></ul></div></li><li><h3><a class="o-textlink__secondary" href="/uc/item/8ck097s5"><div class="c-clientmarkup">Automated grading workflows for providing personalized feedback to open-ended data science assignments</div></a></h3><div class="c-authorlist"><ul class="c-authorlist__list"><li class="c-authorlist__begin"><a href="/search/?q=author%3ARicci%2C%20Federica%20Zoe">Ricci, Federica Zoe</a>; </li><li><a href="/search/?q=author%3AMedina%2C%20Catalina%20Mari">Medina, Catalina Mari</a>; </li><li class="c-authorlist__end"><a href="/search/?q=author%3ADogucu%2C%20Mine">Dogucu, Mine</a> </li></ul></div></li><li><h3><a class="o-textlink__secondary" href="/uc/item/9jr7k5hp"><div class="c-clientmarkup">Access Statistics Canada’s Open Economic Data for Statistics and Data Science Courses</div></a></h3><div class="c-authorlist"><ul class="c-authorlist__list"><li class="c-authorlist__begin"><a href="/search/?q=author%3AWarin%2C%20Thierry">Warin, Thierry</a> </li></ul></div></li></ul></section></div></aside></div></div></div><div><div class="c-toplink"><a href="javascript:window.scrollTo(0, 0)">Top</a></div><footer class="c-footer"><nav class="c-footer__nav"><ul><li><a href="/">Home</a></li><li><a href="/aboutEschol">About eScholarship</a></li><li><a href="/campuses">Campus Sites</a></li><li><a href="/ucoapolicies">UC Open Access Policy</a></li><li><a href="/publishing">eScholarship Publishing</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cdlib.org/about/accessibility.html">Accessibility</a></li><li><a href="/privacypolicy">Privacy Statement</a></li><li><a href="/policies">Site Policies</a></li><li><a href="/terms">Terms of Use</a></li><li><a href="/login"><strong>Admin Login</strong></a></li><li><a href="https://help.escholarship.org"><strong>Help</strong></a></li></ul></nav><div class="c-footer__logo"><a href="/"><img class="c-lazyimage" data-src="/images/logo_footer-eschol.svg" alt="eScholarship, University of California"/></a></div><div class="c-footer__copyright">Powered by the<br/><a href="http://www.cdlib.org">California Digital Library</a><br/>Copyright © 2017<br/>The Regents of the University of California</div></footer></div></div></div></div> <script src="/js/vendors~app-bundle-7424603c338d723fd773.js"></script> <script src="/js/app-bundle-63f992b6abba5f8338a3.js"></script> </body> </html>