Title of article :
Creating artificial data for teaching of statistics
Author/Authors :
Wan Nor Arifin Universiti Sains Malaysia - School of Medical Sciences - Biostatistics and Research Methodology Unit, Malaysia
Abstract :
For the purpose of teaching statistics, lecturers often rely on data from real studies, text bookexamples or painstakingly created datasets. The process of creating a dataset can be made easierwith the utilization of PASW Statistics to generate random values. The objective of this article is todemonstrate the creation of data which are measured on continuous scale, using PASW Statisticsmenus and syntax.
Keywords :
artificial data , normal distribution , random values , teaching statistics
Journal title :
Education in Medicine Journal(EIMJ)
Journal title :
Education in Medicine Journal(EIMJ)