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1、TheIntroductoryStatisticsCourse:TheEntity-Property-RelationshipApproachTableofContentsDonaldB.Macnaughton*atEndwhichplaysakeyroleinmodernsociety.ThusratherthanThispaperproposessixconceptsfordiscussionatthebe-beingaworstcourseandpossiblyirrelevant,theint

2、roduc-ginningofanintroductorystatisticscourseforstudentstorystatisticscourseoughttobeafriendlyintroductiontowhoarenotmajoringinstatisticsormathematics.Thethesimplicity,beauty,andtruthofthescientificmethod.conceptsare(1)entities,(2)propertiesofentities,(

3、3)vari-Teachersmustthereforereshapetheintroductoryables,(4)amajorgoalofempiricalresearch:topredictcourse.Manyteachershavealreadycontributedtotheandcontrolthevaluesofvariables,(5)relationshipsbe-reshaping,asnotedbelow.Thispaperproposesfurthertweenvariabl

4、esasakeytopredictionandcontrol,and(6)changes.statisticaltechniquesforstudyingrelationshipsbetweenIfocusontheintroductorystatisticscourseforstu-variablesasameanstoaccuratepredictionandcontrol.dentswhoarenotmajoringinstatisticsormathematics,Afterstudentsh

5、avelearnedthesixconceptstheylearnwhomIcall“non-statistics-majors”.Moststudentswhostandardstatisticaltopicsintermsoftheconcepts.Itistakeanintroductorystatisticscoursearemembersofthisrecommendedthateachconceptbetaughtinabottom-upgroup.Theintroductorycours

6、efornon-statistics-majorsisfashionwithemphasisonconcretepracticalexamples.Itisimportantbecauseitisamainseedbedofpublicopinionsuggestedthattheapproachgivesstudentsalastingappre-aboutthefieldofstatistics.ciationofthevitalroleofthefieldofstatisticsinempiri

7、calSection2definestheconceptof‘empiricalresearch’,research.whichappearsthroughoutthispaper.Section3recom-KEYWORDS:Statisticseducation;Teaching;Roleofmendstwogoalsfortheintroductorystatisticscourse.Sec-statisticsinempiricalresearch.tion4proposessixconcep

8、tsfordiscussionatthebeginningofanintroductorycourse.Section5illustrateshowthesixconceptsprovideadeepandbroadfoundationonwhichwe1.INTRODUCTIONcanbuildthefieldofstatistics.Section6discussestestingTwoformerpresidentsoftheAmericanSta