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

Boston, Massachusetts, February 15-18, 2007

Paper S072

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Edited by Joanne Foster, ISBN 0-321-55846-4, Copyright (C) 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc.


Statistics With Dynamic Geometry

Jose Alexandre dos Santos Vaz Martins


Escola Superior de Turismo e Telecomunicacoes de Seia
Instituto Politecnico da Guarda
Rua Dr. Jose Antonio Fernandes Camelo
Arrifana
6270-372 Seia,
Portugal

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ABSTRACT

Visualization is extremely important to help young students to catch the meaning of some concepts. This paper explores the application of dynamic geometry software to illustrate basic statistical concepts, their properties and graphical representation, in a way that allows the teacher to explore interactively those ideas with students.

Keyword(s): statistics, software