Web-Created Real Data Worksheets

Individualized Statistics Coursework Using Spreadsheets

“…ISCUS has been developed using Microsoft Excel (version 2000) as part of the STARS project (http://stars.ac.uk), which was funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. Similar work has been carried out by Davies and Payne (2001), but their dynamic worksheet creator operates over the Internet and does not allow teachers to supply their own questions.…”

“…Similar work has been carried out by Davies and Payne (2001), but their dynamic worksheet creator operates over the Internet and does not allow teachers to supply their own questions.…”

A Note on Using Individualised Data Sets for Statistics Coursework

“…An approach to solving the underlying problem of identical data sets and answers for (large) groups has been considered by a number of authors (for example Hunt (2007) and Davies and Payne (2001)) and in the case of examination setting by Grün and Zeileis (2009). Generally these approaches involve some form of sampling from a large database to generate data sets for the individual students.…”

Assessment Methods in Statistical Education

“…In Chapter 20, Simonite and Targett use purpose-built Visual Basic programs to create a system that manages all five aspects above. The DRUID system (Davies and Payne, 2001) uses web-based technology. The key to success for all these systems is simplicity.…”