Science and Technology Production
Article
Authorship
Valero-Mora, P.
;
LEDESMA, RUBEN DANIEL
Date
2011
Publishing House and Editing Place
American Statistical Association
Magazine
Journal of Statistics Education
- ISSN 1069-1898
American Statistical Association
American Statistical Association
ISSN
1069-1898
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This paper discusses the use of interactive graphics to teach multivariate data analysis to Psychology students. Three techniques are explored through separate activities: parallel coordinates/boxplots; principal components/exploratory factor analysis; and cluster analysis. With interactive graphics, students may perform important parts of the analysis ―by hand,‖ using techniques such as pointing at, selecting and changing the colors of the points/observations. Our experience demo...
This paper discusses the use of interactive graphics to teach multivariate data analysis to Psychology students. Three techniques are explored through separate activities: parallel coordinates/boxplots; principal components/exploratory factor analysis; and cluster analysis. With interactive graphics, students may perform important parts of the analysis ―by hand,‖ using techniques such as pointing at, selecting and changing the colors of the points/observations. Our experience demonstrates that this approach is very useful when teaching an intermediate/advanced course on multivariate data analysis to students of Psychology, who tend to have low to moderate proficiency in Mathematics.
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PSYCHOLOGYEDUCATIONSTATISTICS