Turking Statistics: Student-generated Surveys Increase Student Engagement and Performance.
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Thirty years ago, Hubert M. Blalock Jr. published an article in Teaching Sociology about the importance of teaching statistics. We honor Blalock’s legacy by assessing how using Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) in statistics classes can enhance student learning and increase statistical literacy among social science graduate students. In addition, we assess whether using MTurk has an impact on student ability to make professional progress. We find that, compared to traditional teaching methods, using MTurk increased student performance, perceptions, and outcomes. In addition, using MTurk resulted in a measurable increase in statistical literacy. We recommend that instructors teaching statistics consider how MTurk or similar technologies can be used in their classrooms.
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Resource Type(s):
Assignment, Class Activity
Author(s):
Cameron T. Whitley
Thomas Dietz
Date Published:
3/19/2018
Subject Area:
Statistics
Class Level:
Any
Class Size:
Any
Language:
English
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