Statistics as Topic - Education
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Differences in university students' attitudes and anxiety about statistics.

30 May 2009 The Statistics Anxiety Rating Scale and the Attitudes Toward Statistics questionnaire were administered to 226 university of technology students. The former scale measures anxiety about learning statistics in terms of Worth of Statistics, ... Read more...

Factors affecting postgraduate dental students' performance in a biostatistics and research design course.

29 Apr 2009 Comprehension of biostatistics and principles of research design is important for literature evaluation and evidence-based practice in dentistry as well as for researchers wishing to have their publications accepted by international journals. This ... Read more...

Using Microsoft Excel to teach statistics in a graduate advanced practice nursing program.

30 Jan 2009 This article describes the authors' experiences during 3 years of using Microsoft Excel to teach graduate-level statistics, as part of the research core required by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing for all professional graduate ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Statistics as Topic - Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Time to change continuing medical education!] 30 Jul 2009
• Differences in university students' attitudes and anxiety about statistics. 30 May 2009
• Factors affecting postgraduate dental students' performance in a biostatistics and research design course. 29 Apr 2009
• Using Microsoft Excel to teach statistics in a graduate advanced practice nursing program. 30 Jan 2009
• Ramifications of increased training in quantitative methodology. 30 Dec 2008
• Improving training in methodology enriches the science of psychology. 30 Dec 2008
• Basics of statistics for postgraduates. 30 Oct 2008
• Explorations in statistics: standard deviations and standard errors. 30 Aug 2008
• Predicting attendance at peer-assisted study sessions for statistics: role identity and the theory of planned behavior. 30 Jul 2008
• The numbers game. 30 Jul 2008
• Comments on 'Statistical education for medical students--concepts are what remain when the details are forgotten' by Amir Herman, Netta Notzer, Zipi Libman, Rony Braunstein and David Steinberg. Statistics in Medicine 2007; 26:4344-4351. 28 May 2008
• Physician numeracy: essential skills for practicing evidence-based medicine. 29 Apr 2008
• Innovations in curriculum design: a multi-disciplinary approach to teaching statistics to undergraduate medical students. 29 Apr 2008
• Using a social constructivist model of teaching to create a learning community. 28 Feb 2008
• Sam Wieand at the University of Pittsburgh. 21 Jan 2008
• Graduate school memories. 7 Jan 2008
• Doctoral training in statistics, measurement, and methodology in psychology: replication and extension of Aiken, West, Sechrest, and Reno's (1990) survey of PhD programs in North America. 30 Dec 2007
• Experience and problem representation in statistics. 30 Dec 2007
• Teaching statistics in biology: using inquiry-based learning to strengthen understanding of statistical analysis in biology laboratory courses. 30 Dec 2007
• Who wants to be an ICH Euro billionaire? 30 Dec 2007

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Technical information about 'Statistics as Topic'

Definition: The science and art of collecting, summarizing, and analyzing data that are subject to random variation. The term is also applied to the data themselves and to the summarization of the data.

Descriptor UI: D013223

Alternative terms: Statistics as Topic; Multiple Classification Analysis; Analyses, Multiple Classification; Analysis, Multiple Classification; Classification Analyses, Multiple; Classification Analysis, Multiple; Multiple Classification Analyses; Statistical Study; Statistical Studies; Studies, Statistical; Study, Statistical; Statistics, Service; Service Statistics; Tables and Charts as Topic; Correlation of Data; Data Correlation; Data Correlations; Correlation Study; Studies, Correlation; Study, Correlation; Correlation Studies; Data Analysis; Analyses, Data; Analysis, Data; Data Analyses; Estimation Techniques; Estimation Technique; Technique, Estimation; Techniques, Estimation; Estimation Technics; Estimation Technic; Technic, Estimation; Technics, Estimation; Indirect Estimation Techniques; Estimation Technique, Indirect; Estimation Techniques, Indirect; Indirect Estimation Technique; Technique, Indirect Estimation; Techniques, Indirect Estimation; Indirect Estimation Technics; Estimation Technic, Indirect; Estimation Technics, Indirect; Indirect Estimation Technic; Technic, Indirect Estimation; Technics, Indirect Estimation; Area Analysis; Analyses, Area; Analysis, Area; Area Analyses;

Related Mesh Headings: Biometry; Psychometrics; Sociometric Techniques; Meta-Analysis as Topic; Models, Statistical; Bibliometrics;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; ethics;

Tree Number: E05.318.740; H01.548.832; N05.715.360.750; N06.850.520.830;

History Note: 2008(1963)

Technical Notes: prefer the qualifier /statist with non-disease terms; statistics on a disease = /epidemiol; do not confuse with MATHEMATICS; do not confuse with the Publication Type STATISTICS