Teaching statistics
by Andrew Gelman · first published 2005
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"Part I of the book presents a large selection of activities for introductory statistics courses and has chapters such as 'First week of class' - with exercises to break the ice and get students talking; then descriptive statistics, linear regression, data collection (sampling and experimentation), probability, inference, and statistical communication. Part II gives tips on what works and what doesn't, how to set up effective demonstrations and examples, how to encourage students to participate in class and to work effectively in group projects. A sample course plan is provided. Part III prese
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…I learned some of the potential pitfalls of pure Bayesian reasoning[1] (and how to address them). When people ask me where to get started with statistics, both of the books I recommend are Gelman's: Teaching Statistics: A Bag of Tricks and Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical Models. Both have tremendously off-putting titles, but they're actually incredibly accessible. Gelman is great at many…
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