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Direct linkBrooks, Robert – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2012
This article illustrates using carbon emissions data in an introductory statistics assignment. The carbon emissions data has desirable characteristics including: choice of measure; skewness; and outliers. These complexities allow research and public policy debate to be introduced. (Contains 4 figures and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Statistics, Assignments, Problem Sets, Statistical Data
