Teaching Experiences With a Course on "Web-Based Statistics"

Many statistics courses have been taught that make use of Web-based statistical tools such as teachware tools, electronic textbooks, and statistical software on the Web. However, to our best knowledge, there has been no course before where statistical issues and the Web have been discussed systematically. This article provides an overview on our "Web-Based Statistics" course aimed at advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students, including detailed discussions of lecture topics, homework assignments, and student projects. We discuss references (papers and URLs) useful for such a course and summarize studentsʹ feedback. We finish this article with recommendations for future similar courses.