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In the first part of this paper, we will provide a general overview on electronic“Introductory Statistics”textbooks and summarize their individual strengths and weaknesses. Examples of such electronic textbooks are the CDROM—based ActivStats, the Web—based CyberStats, and the CD—ROM— and Web—based MM*Stat,
In the first part of this paper, we will present our experiences from teaching an undergraduate “Introductory Statistic” course at Utah State University, using CyberStats. We compare this Web-based course with similar textbook-based courses and report student and instructor viewpoints.
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Symanzik, J., Vukasinovic, N. (2002). Teaching Statistics with Electronic Textbooks. In: Härdle, W., Rönz, B. (eds) Compstat. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57489-4_8
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