Rick and others,
I teach a statistics course for our psychology major/minor. I teach
students how to use SPSS for Windows, but we do not begin the computer
work until the 3rd or 4th week of the 10-week term. I do not teach the
course in a computer lab; our departmental facilities do not allow it.
Therefore, during the weeks that I want students to perform SPSS
exercises, I require students to sign up for computer time in our
very-small lab on a day and time that is separate from the regular class
meetings.
Not ideal, but it works. Practically all students are comfortable with
Windows, so generalizing their skills to SPSS is relatively painless.
Of course, the challenge comes in interpreting the printouts.
Dr. Barbara Watters
Mercyhurst College
Erie, PA
Rick Froman wrote:
>
> For those of you teaching a course in Intro Stat:
>
> 1) Do you teach the use of a statistical software package as part of the
> class?
>
> 2) If so, which software do you use?
>
> 3) Do you teach the course in a computer lab?
>
> I will collect responses and send a summary to the list. Thank you.
>
> Rick
>
> Dr. Rick Froman
> Psychology Department
> Box 3055
> John Brown University
> Siloam Springs, AR 72761
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.jbu.edu/sbs/psych
> Office: (501)524-7295
> Fax: (501)524-9548
>
> "The plural of anecdote is not data."
>
> - Roger Brinner, Economist, Data Resources International
