The rpanel package allows highly interactive plots to be created easily in R. This can be particularly effective for creating dynamic teaching illustrations.
Scholarship of Learning and Teaching in Statistics
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Interactive Illustrations using R
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Quiz software
The "Model Choice" and "Testing Statistics" software are web-based multiple-choice systems with a focus on detailed feedback to learners.
Prof Adrian Bowman Professor of Statistics
Educational technology
Member of other research groups: Statistical Modelling
Research staff: Stanislav Katina, Alastair Rushworth
Research students: Daniel Molinari, Kathakali Mukherjee, Anna Price, Liberty Vittert
Postgraduate opportunities: Spatiotemporal modelling of hydrological catchments, Modelling three-dimensional shape data, Modelling data from brain images
Dr Ludger Evers Lecturer
Educational technology
Member of other research groups: Statistical Modelling, Statistical Methodology
Research students: Charalampos Chanialidis, Rob Donald, Daniel Molinari
Prof John McColl Professor of Learning and Teaching in Statistics, Group Leader
Statistics in education; scholarship of learning and teaching in Statistics
Member of other research groups: Biostatistics and Statistical Genetics
Research students: Khuneswari Pillay, Abdullah Al-Omir, Sami Al-Rawily, Serdar Neslihanoglu, Fraser Tough
Dr Maarya Sharif University Teacher
Research Topic: Genealogical inference from Y chromosome variation and surnames
Abdullah Al-Omir PhD Student
Research Topic: Modern methods of teaching statistics
Supervisor: John McColl
Sami Al-Rawily PhD Student
Research Topic: Comparing methods for detecting local independence of multi-
dimensional items
Supervisor: John McColl
Friday 20th September15:00-16:00Maths 204
Paul Fearnhead (Lancaster University)