Teaching confidence intervals with Java applets

Bertie, Andrew and Farrington, Paddy (2003). Teaching confidence intervals with Java applets. Teaching Statistics, 25(3) pp. 70–74.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9639.00134

Abstract

Confidence intervals are pedagogically important but often misinterpreted. This article describes Java applets designed to help students understand two interpretations of confidence intervals.

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• Item ORO ID
• 22625
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 0141-982X
• Keywords
• teaching; central limit theorem; confidence intervals; Java applets
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Mathematics and Statistics
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
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• © 2003 Wiley-Blackwell
• Depositing User
• Sarah Frain