Introducing the logic of hypothesis tests though randomisation tests.

Paul Hewson

Abstract


There has been a lot of interest in the use of randomisation tests as a pedagogic alternative to hypothesis tests (Zieffler, 2012), although proposals to use randomisation tests in research are far from new (e.g. Hooton, 1991) with Good (2000) being an updated classic text in this area. This article will present a classroom activity that demonstrates the randomisation tests as a means of understanding several of the concepts around hypothesis testing a manner that is as friendly as possible for maths-phobic and indeed computer-phobic students.


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statistics education

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References


Good, P. (2000). Permutation Tests: A Practical Guide to Resampling Methods for Testing Hypotheses. New York: Springer.

Hooton, J.W.L. (1991). Randomization tests: statistics for experimenters. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 35, pp.43-51.

Meyer, J, and R. Land. (2003). Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge: linkages to ways of thinking and practising within the disciplines. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh.

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Zieffler, A. (2012). Statistical Thinking: A Simulation Approach to Modeling. Minneapolis: Catalyst Press.




DOI: https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v14i2.259

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