http://www.statisticgraphs.com interpreting meaningful math and statistics concepts Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:47:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In this semester of my PhD education I am taking a course on Project Based Learning (PBL). The major outcome of this class is that I will design a PBL unit. I know that I would like to do this unit on linear regression but I still need help. I ... http://www.statisticgraphs.com/regression-analysis/calling-for-linear-regression-application-ideas/ I believe that I have written about this before but I wanted to give a detailed description of the project or "big assignment" that I give in all of my math classes. The title for everyones project can be "Why Do I Need To Know This?" As a teacher I have ... http://www.statisticgraphs.com/applied-math/an-idea-for-a-math-project-why-do-i-need-to-know-this/ There are a whole subset of triangles that have one angle that is 90° called right triangles. Often in the “real” world we see these when we are talking about things that meet the ground at this angle and then something that leans up against the thing protruding from the ... http://www.statisticgraphs.com/applied-math/be-careful-how-you-use-the-pythagorean-theorem/ I have been completely immersed in the world of statistics for the last three and a half years. I have had the privaledge of teaching for most of that time as well. What I am amazed to see over and over again is that there are hundreds of people out ... http://www.statisticgraphs.com/applied-math/why-is-statistics-so-scary/ We have a relatively new “virtual” department at Iowa State University (ISU) called Human Computer Interaction (HCI). What I mean by virtual department is, that in order to get a degree in HCI you must co-major in it and first have a home department. Also, most of the HCI faculty ... http://www.statisticgraphs.com/applied-math/what-does-human-computer-interaction-really-mean/ This summer North Carolina State University ran a really neat workshop that involved mathematical and statistics modeling. I am always interested in how people are advancing students in applied math and statistics. The website (see below) for the workshop describes the objective as, “The objective of the workshop is to ... http://www.statisticgraphs.com/applied-math/an-applied-math-and-statistics-workshop/ If I have a craving for Granny’s (my husband’s grandma) ham balls I wouldn’t dare even make my shopping list without first consulting the recipe card that was handed down to me some time after my husband and I got married. The same goes for a couple of other hallowed ... http://www.statisticgraphs.com/statistics/let-the-words-lead-you-to-the-formula/ Spending three years submerged in graduate level statistics tends to cloud judgment of the knowledge that the lay man should have on that subject. Since my education in this subject is drawing to a close I am looking to what lay ahead. It is time to answer the question that ... http://www.statisticgraphs.com/statistics/getting-back-to-the-basics/