Understanding statistical inference—the practice of making a generalization from a sample to a larger population—is increasingly important in our information age and emerging global economy. Indeed, citizens increasingly need to interpret information obtained from samples, and to understand and assess claims about intended populations made on the basis of such information. For instance, results of public opinion polls, and reports of the effectiveness of drug treatments, to name just two, often make implied claims about intended underlying populations on the basis of statistical data obtained through sampling. But what might it mean to have a coherent understanding of statistical inference? Further, what might be entailed in...
ISBN: 978-3-8364-3621-2
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Дата выхода: июль 2011
The scope of this dissertation is to illustrate, discuss and evaluate the technical and mainly pedagogical insights of a piece of Computer Assisted Language Learning software designed to teach the Greek language to speakers of English. The dissertation is divided into five parts. The first part provides background information about the aim of the program and its target audience. The second one constitutes a comprehensive analysis of the pedagogy involved in designing the software. The third and fourth parts involve the technological considerations that one has to make with respect to the user interface and development process of the software production. The last part offers a detailed account of the evaluation process applied in testing...
ISBN: 978-3-6392-2602-7
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