Κανονική προσέγγιση Διωνυμικής Κατανομής και Ερμηνεία του Συντελεστή Μεταβλητότητας με χρήση Εξειδικευμένου Λογισμικού


Published: May 11, 2017
Keywords:
Statistics in Higher Education ICT in Education Binomial Distribution Coefficient of Variation
Δημήτριος Καλλιβωκάς
Νικόλαος Ζαράνης
Abstract

This paper investigates whether it is possible that the Information and Communication Technologies have an effective role in understanding and clarifying the concepts of Statistics and Probability Theory and ultimately achieving competitive advantages over traditional teaching. Students in higher education are necessary to understand in depth concepts probability theory, descriptive statistics and statistical inference in order to be able to use them in principle in their studies and later in their lives. For this purpose, during the course of Statistics the same worksheet was given to two separate groups of students TEI comprising members selected at random. In one of these groups additional specialized application software was given to answer the worksheet questions. The case investigated is whether the appropriate use of IT applications can help in effectively understanding and deepening statistical concepts such as normal approximation of binomial distribution and interpretation and use of the basic position measures, dispersion and coefficient of variation in a realistic application. The main conclusion is that appropriate software applications can lead to discovery and deepening of statistical concepts by students and generally to promotion of statistical literacy.

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Δημήτριος Καλλιβωκάς, Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας
Καθηγητής Εφαρμογών
Νικόλαος Ζαράνης, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης
Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής
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