Steps Problem Modules
- Synopsis
- Problem-based modules in statistics suitable for use in practical sessions using material from biology, geography, business and psychlogy. Approximately 1-3 hours of teaching material per module.
1 (17 disks): All creatures great and small (BMI); skinfold thickness (SFT); trials and tribulations; the birds and the bees; IgE (immunoglobulin E); ‘ROC’ (medical screening); Eureka!; sterility testing; dyed eyes; the case of Luddersby Hall; spatial pattern of a plant population; birds of a feather I: an introduction to statistics; birds of a feather II: RATS - hypothesis testing; pre-natal detection of genetic diseases; angina.
2 (14 disks): Bank account blues; probability models; market testing Sunjoy; unfinished business; exploring pharmaceutical company environments; comparing pharmaceutial company behaviour; suppliers: do they measure up?; salary distributions; equipment breakdown; quality control.
3 (6 disks): Pennine rainefall: a visual approach; human migration; rainfall and river flow; predicting rainfall; Pennine rainfall: a numerical approach; travel to work.
4 (5 disks): Bullying in schools (Chi-square tutorial - examines whether two categorical variables are associated); exploring dyslexia; predicting dyslexia; head injury; spatial memory.
5 (3 disks). - Series
- Steps: Statistical Education Through Problem Solving, Tltp Project
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Multimedia; Computer program. 17, 14, 6, 3 floppy disks. PC Windows version only. Electronic document. URL: http://www.stats.gla.ac.uk/steps/home.html
- Year of production
- 1995
- Availability
- Free (from server)
Sale (floppy disk); 1997 sale: £135.00 (+VAT) all 5 modules - UK higher education. - Notes
- Reported in ‘ACCOUNT’ Vol 8 No 1 (Spring 1996), p14.
- Documentation
- Accompanying text with each module.
- Uses
- Introductory statistics.
- Subjects
- Mathematics
- Keywords
- computer-assisted learning; statistics teaching; Teaching & Learning Technology Programme
Distribution Formats
- Type
- CD-ROM
Sections
- Title
- Bullying in schools (Chi-square tutorial)
- Synopsis
- 1 (17 disks): All creatures great and small (BMI); skinfold thickness (SFT); trials and tribulations; the birds and the bees; IgE (immunoglobulin E); 'ROC' (medical screening); Eureka!; sterility testing; dyed eyes; the case of Luddersby Hall; spatial pat
- Title
- Biology modules
- Synopsis
- 2 (14 disks): Bank account blues; probability models; market testing Sunjoy; unfinished business; exploring pharmaceutical company environments; comparing pharmaceutial company behaviour; suppliers: do they measure up?; salary distributions; equipment bre
- Title
- Business modules
- Synopsis
- 3 (6 disks): Pennine rainefall: a visual approach; human migration; rainfall and river flow; predicting rainfall; Pennine rainfall: a numerical approach; travel to work.
- Title
- Geography modules
- Synopsis
- 4 (5 disks): Bullying in schools (Chi-square tutorial - examines whether two categorical variables are associated); exploring dyslexia; predicting dyslexia; head injury; spatial memory.
- Title
- Psychology modules
- Synopsis
- 5 (3 disks).
- Title
- Base information modules
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
BIDS
- bidshelp@bids.ac.uk
- Web
- http://www.bids.ac.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01225 826074
- Fax
- 01225 826176
- Address
- University of Bath
Bath BA2 7AY
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