Hi
On 25 Apr 2001, Alan McLean wrote:
> I agree - although students do need tables in (written) exams....... But
> we use a computer program called Tuteman in our teaching and testing, so
> the natural way to find critical values or p-values is via the computer
> - we use Excel mainly. In general, I emphasise the use of p values - in
> many ways it is a more natural way than using critical values to carry
> out a test. The p value is a direct measure of 'strength of evidence'.
> "Paul W. Jeffries" wrote:
> > But this approach made me think about artifacts in statistics. What are
> > list members views on teaching students to use tables. In the computer
> > age, tables are an anachronism. The vast majority of students will never
> > use a t table. They will just rely on the computer to print the p value.
The following article by Dawson in 1997 described how it would be
possible to have improved tables (i.e., more p values) that were
more compatible with the probability approach.
http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v5n2/dawson.html
Best wishes
Jim
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