A Hands-On Exercise Improves Understanding of the Standard Error of the Mean

Autor/in	Ryan, Robert S.
Titel	A Hands-On Exercise Improves Understanding of the Standard Error of the Mean
Quelle	In: Teaching of Psychology, 33 (2006) 3, S.180-183 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-6283
DOI	10.1207/s15328023top3303_5
Schlagwörter	Statistics; Error of Measurement; Experiential Learning; Hypothesis Testing; Control Groups; Comprehension; Learning Strategies; Concept Formation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Statistik; Messfehler; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Verstehen; Verständnis; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung
Abstract	One of the most difficult concepts for statistics students is the standard error of the mean. To improve understanding of this concept, 1 group of students used a hands-on procedure to sample from small populations representing either a true or false null hypothesis. The distribution of 120 sample means (n = 3) from each population had standard errors that closely approximated those of the theoretical sampling distributions, thereby illustrating how the Central Limit Theorem provides a standard error to use for hypothesis testing. Performance on an exam about the standard error of the mean was significantly better for the students who had completed this exercise than for students in a control group. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10