Teaching Statistics and Quantitative Methods in the 21st Century / Edition 1

by Joseph Lee Rodgers

Overview

This work, which provides a guide for revising and expanding statistical and quantitative methods pedagogy, is useful for novice and seasoned instructors at both undergraduate and graduate levels, inspiring them to use transformative approaches to train students as future researchers.

Is it time for a radical revision in our pedagogical orientation? How are we currently teaching introductory statistics and quantitative methods, and how should we teach them? What innovations are used, what is in development? This ground-breaking edited volume addresses these questions and more, providing cutting-edge guidance from highly accomplished teachers. Many current textbooks and syllabi differ in only superficial ways from those used 50 years ago, yet the field of quantitative methods—and its relationship to the research enterprise—has expanded in many important ways. A philosophical axiom underlying this book is that introductory teaching should prepare students to potentially enter more advanced quantitative methods training and ultimately to become accomplished researchers.

The reader is introduced to classroom innovation, and to both pragmatic and philosophical challenges to the status quo, motivating a broad revolution in how introductory statistics and quantitative methods are taught. Designed to update and renovate statistical pedagogy, this material will stimulate students, new instructors, and experienced teachers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138336865
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/14/2020
Series:	Multivariate Applications Series
Pages:	310
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Joseph Lee Rodgers earned his PhD. in quantitative psychology, with a minor in biostatistics, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1981. He worked at the University of Oklahoma from 1981-2012, where he is George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus. He joined the Quantitative Methods program at Vanderbilt in 2012. He has published two co-authored books, two edited books, and over 150 journal articles/book chapters in the professional literature. He has also had a career commitment to classroom teaching and has written many articles in the statistics and quantitative methods literature that are didactic teaching-oriented articles.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors viii

Preface Camilla P. Benbow xi

Foreword Robert C. MacCallum xiii

1 Teaching Statistics and Research Methods in the 21st Century: An Introduction to 17 Chapters on Statistical Pedagogy, Curriculum, Philosophy, and Administration Joseph Lee Rodgers 1

Section I Meta-Issues Related to Teaching: Curriculum, Content, Philosophy, and Supply-Demand Issues 11

2 The Role of Philosophy of Science When Teaching Statistics to Social Scientists: Two Constructivists Walk Into a Bar (or Do They?) Michael C. Edwards 13

3 Optimizing Student Learning and Inclusion in Quantitative Courses A.T. Panter Viji Sathy Kelly A. Hogan 30

4 Not the What of Quantitative Training but the Who Leona S. Aiken 55

5 Is Methodological Research Moving Into Practice? The Critical Role of Formal Methodological Training Jessica K. Flake Ian J. Davidson Jolvnn Pek 70

6 Singletons: Reevaluating Course Objectives When an Introductory Statistics Course Is a Student's Only Statistics Course Matthew S. Fritz 87

7 When Statistical Assumptions Are Interesting Outcomes Instead of Nuisances-Looking Beyond the Mean Rachel T. Fouladi 102

8 Teaching Introductory Statistics to Applied Researchers in the 21st Century: A Dialectic Examination Joseph Lee Rodgers 123

Section II Modern Classroom Innovations in Teaching Statistics and Quantitative Methods 135

9 Teaching Quantitative Skills Across the Psychology Curriculum Charles S. Reichardt 137

10 The Eyes Have It: Emphasizing Data Visualization When Teaching Students Meeting a Quantitative Literacy Requirement Robert Terry Vincent T. Ybarra 153

11 Low- and Medium-Tech Complements to High-Tech Tools for Teaching Statistics: The Case for Using Appropriate Technology to Implement Cognitive Principles for Teaching David Rindskopf 170

12 Hands-on Experience in the Classroom-Why, How, and Outcomes Pascal R. Deboeck 182

13 Who Benefits From the Flipped Classroom? Quasi-Experimental Findings on Student Learning, Engagement, Course Perceptions, and Interest in Statistics Viji Sathy Quinn Moore 197

14 Teaching Research Methods Using Simulation William Revelle 217

15 Teaching Statistics With a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Student Response System R. Shane Hutton Derek Bruff 238

16 Personally Relevant Project-Based Learning in Graduate Statistics Curriculum in Psychology Rachel T. Fouladi 249

17 Using Projects to Teach Statistics in Social Sciences Jennifer D. Timmer Carolyn J. Anderson 266

18 Teaching Statistical Concepts Through a Scale Development Project Kevin J. Grimm Jonathan L. Helm 281

Index 290