Improving the students' learning process through the use of statistical applets

Abstract

Undergraduate statistics teaching has always faced the challenge of improving the learning quality on a continuous basis. Interactive statistical applets can enhance statistical knowledge by providing multiple representations of basic concepts and facilitating experimentation. The use of these applets will simplify the efforts for teaching statistics, especially in convincing students of the usability of statistics and facilitating quick learning in undergraduate courses. We developed and implemented a set of web‐based statistical applets from the following areas: Basic Statistics, Coin Toss App, Scatterplot‐Regression Line, Standard Normal Distribution, Normal Distribution, Histogram, Histogram (Case Examples), and Sampling ‐ Canada Map. These interactive applets can perform specific statistical tasks to improve the students' learning process.