Key Benefits

Here are just a few ways that Visual Statistics can improve students' understanding of statistics.

Builds Intuition	Visual Statistics helps students use their most powerful "input device" (the human eye) to understand concepts.
Illustrates Concepts	Visual Statistics can illustrate statistical ideas more quickly and easily than traditional methods. No more hunting for data sets, writing programs for statistical analysis packages, or drawing imprecise curves on an overhead.
Brings Statistics Alive	Visual Statistics makes abstract ideas come to life with colorful graphics and individual experiments (based on realistic scenarios, real examples and databases, or do-it-yourself controls).
Promotes Student Exploration	Students will clearly see the main concepts (learning objectives, overview of concepts, illustrations of concepts). Students can look up definitions in the glossary of terms. Students learn through individual exploration and practice (learning exercises, individual and team projects). Students can answer their own questions with the help system (keyword search, explanations, illustrations, examples, formulas). Students can evaluate their progress (self-evaluation quiz) and check their answers to the exercises.
Makes the Instructor's Job Easier	Conquers the Software Blues Site licenses and single-user versions are affordable. The software is easy to install. Students are guided by module orientations (15-minute software orientation). There is on-line help for every module, with keyword searches, explanations, illustrations, examples, and formulas. Is Flexible Visual Statistics adapts well to varied teaching styles and levels of student preparation. You are in charge of Visual Statistics, not the other way around. If you don't want to cover all of the Visual Statistics topics, that's no problem, since the modules can be used independently. Exercises are grouped by level: basic, intermediate and advanced. The software may be used with any textbook you like (although large discounts are available for adopters of McGraw-Hill texts). You also can buy site licenses. Gives Instructors Ideas Instructors are assisted by an instructor's guide (discussion of learning projects, suggestions for classroom demonstrations, and tips on using the modules).

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