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Teaching Tools: Statistics and Research Methods

STATISTICS AND RESEARCH METHODS
Small Galton Board (Quincunx)	Oversized Coins	Bag of Data	Statistics Posters	APA Style Puzzle

Description: About 7.5 x 4 inches. PIRC has several of these. Beads drop down to create a normal distribution. Immediate setup.	Description: Oversized coins for demonstrating probability. Immediate setup.	Description: Six Bags of data (N=10, each bag) for various sampling demonstrations. One to five minutes to set up. Ten to 15 minutes to complete.	Description: Posters with statistics symbols, concepts, etc. Immediate setup. Posters Available: Scales of Measurement	Description: Packets of puzzle pieces comprising section headings and content from an APA research paper. Five minutes to set up. Twenty minutes to complete.	Description: Three sets on reserve. Quick competition game to help statistics students associate statististics symbols with their names. One minute to set up. Two-to-five minutes for gameplay.
Teaching Suggestions: PSY101, PSY230. Bring several of these to class and hand out to students. Use when discussing central-limit theorem, probability, binomial distributions, sample size, normal curve, the empirical rule.	Teaching Suggestions: PSY101, PSY230. Use when discussing probability basics, binomial distributions, randomness, chance, representativeness heuristic and cognitive bias.	Teaching Suggestions: PSY230, PSY231. Use when discussing central limit theorem, sampling distributions, known/unknown pop. parameters, measures of standard error, confidence intervals.	Teaching Suggestions: Allows for an additional visual aid while you are conducting your class.	Teaching Suggestions: PSY101, PSY230, PSY290. Works best with groups of three to five students. Good for opening up alternative APA-style discussions.	Teaching Suggestions: PSY230, PSY231, PSY290. Game can be played with two to four students. Use at beginning of semester; students can use whatever descriptive words work. Use at end of semester; require students to use actual names of symbols.
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Checkout Instructions: Checkout at front desk. Instructors may take outside of PIRC. Students may NOT take outside of PIRC.	Checkout Instructions: Checkout at front desk. Instructors may take outside of PIRC. Students may NOT take outside of PIRC.	Checkout Instructions: Checkout at front desk. Instructors may take outside of PIRC. Students may NOT take outside of PIRC.	Checkout Instructions: Checkout at front desk. Instructors may take outside of PIRC. Students may NOT take outside of PIRC.	Checkout Instructions: Checkout at front desk. Instructors may take outside of PIRC. Students may NOT take outside of PIRC.	Checkout Instructions: Checkout at front desk. Instructors may take outside of PIRC. Students may NOT take outside of PIRC.