Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Orlando, Florida, March 22-25, 2012

Paper C035

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, ISBN 0-321-869699, Copyright (C) 2013 by Pearson Education, Inc.


Technology-rich Projects in Elementary Statistics

Dianna J. Spence


North Georgia College and State University

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Brad Bailey


North Georgia College and State University

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ABSTRACT

We describe research projects for statistics students. Three facets of these projects leverage different technologies: Internet databases serve as a data collection resource; calculators, Microsoft Excel, and statistical software packages are used to organize and analyze data; and PowerPoint is used to formally present students' results to the class.

Keyword(s): statistics, software, calculators, spreadsheets