Electronic Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Chicago, Illinois, October 30-November 2, 2003

Paper M006

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Edited by Corinna Mansfield, ISBN 0-321-30456-x, Copyright (C) 2005 by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.


Using Excel to Create Interactive Statistics Worksheets

Laura McSweeney


Math and Computer Science Department
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT 06824
USA

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ABSTRACT

In statistics education, the trend has moved to using technology to help students develop a deeper conceptual understanding. In this paper, we discuss how Microsoft Excel can be used as more than a computational tool by creating interactive statistical worksheets that students can use for exploratory learning.

Keyword(s): spreadsheets, statistics