CHALLENGES IN TEACHING SHORT COURSES BY AN ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT - THE UNIVERSITY-OF-FLORIDA EXPERIENCE

Authors
CORNELL JA RANDLES RH VINING GG
Citation
Ja. Cornell et al., CHALLENGES IN TEACHING SHORT COURSES BY AN ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT - THE UNIVERSITY-OF-FLORIDA EXPERIENCE, The American statistician, 49(2), 1995, pp. 195-200
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Statistic & Probability","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
The American statistician → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
49
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
195 - 200
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1305(1995)49:2<195:CITSCB>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
''A Week of Short Courses'' is the title given by the Department of St atistics at the University of Florida to its offerings each spring. Th e offerings are short courses, each lasting 2 1/2 days. The program be gan in the spring of 1991 with four courses, and has grown to six cour ses in 1994. During this four-year period the Department of Statistics has faced many challenges that are addressed in this paper.