The Gourmet Guide to Statistics: For an Instructional Strategy That Makes Teaching and Learning Statistics a Piece of Cake

Creator(s)

Gunapala Edirisooriya, East Tennessee State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2003

Description

This article draws analogies between the activities of statisticians and of chefs. It suggests how these analogies can be used in teaching, both to help understanding of what statistics is about and to increase motivation to learn the subject.

Citation Information

Edirisooriya, Gunapala. 2003. The Gourmet Guide to Statistics: For an Instructional Strategy That Makes Teaching and Learning Statistics a Piece of Cake. Teaching Statistics. Vol.25(1). 2-5. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9639.00106 ISSN: 0141-982X