- as a complement of traditional teaching

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From Brunelli, Lina

&

Cicchitelli, Giuseppe (editors). Proceedings of the First Scientific Meeting (of the IASE). Universiti di Perugia (Italy), 1994. Pages 253-254. Copyright holder:

University of Pemgia. Permission granted by Dipartmento di Scienze Statistiche to the IASE to make this book freely available on the Internet. This pdf file is from the IASE website at htt~:lixvwxv.stat.auckla1~d.nz/-iase/publications/proc1993. Copies of the complete Proceedings are available for

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http:ilisj.cbs.nllsale-iasc,httn for details.

A COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE FOR TEACHING STATISTICS

Michel Janvier

ERES, OkiversitP iV1orttpelkic.r fl, Plnce Eugkne Btztailfon 94000 &!ontpel(re~-, I:l*/z?zce

Gilbert Saporta

CNAM 292 TZLE Sailit I ' / T Y ~ ~ w , 75003 P L Z ~ F , Frnnce Eric Verdoire

C M M , 2 II Avenrre ct'n f3octeur Gr-nsset, 34000 it.lontpe&ec fi.clt?ce

STATCNAM

is a software product designed for tlte teaching o f statistics ar the first level of technical stttdies at

C N A M :

T h e Conservatoire National des Arts et kfetiers is the largest institution in France for continuous education

with

100 000 students ancl a network of 50 regional celltres. Sevei-a1 tilousallds of students are registered each year for the credit "statisticai rechtliques".

' I h c suft~vare may

be wed

either

-

for distance learning - for self education

-

as a complement of traditional teaching

An

intensive use of graphics and sin~ulation is done, and tile sof~ware irtcliides an analysis of answers.

It

is divided into

6

chapters:

exploratory data analysis silnple linear regression discrete probabilities

4.

random variables

5.

sampling 6. statistical tests

Chapter

2

is xvailnbfe at publisher

STUD-1,

Chapters 3 and

4

are in developme~lt.

The

prodttction of the sofmare is made in association with Universire Montpcllicr

11,

UnicC

de

Biomttrie

I N M

ENSAM USTL o f Mont- pellier, and the Centre Regional Languedoc Roussillon of the

CNAM

by

n team of teachers and scientists.

IASE/ISI Satellite, 1993: Michel Janvier, Gilbert Saporta and Eric Verdoire

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task Force dcGnes the educatioitnl p a l s to

fulfil1

and validates the product during each phase of irs realisation.

This communication

will

present the various features of the software wl~ich runs o n

PC

compatible compixters under

DOS

or

WINDO\VS.

'2'hc

course is nor limited to a traditional presentation, it includes many graphical representations.

A

graphing assistartt is

p a l t

of the sofrxs~are as

weif

as at1 integrrtcect pockec computer.