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   (Thursday 6th, 16:00-18:00)

Improving the teaching of statistics in business education: lessons and reflections

Presenter

• Bodapati V R Gandhi (United States)

Abstract

Undergraduate business students in the United States and U.S. - modeled educational institutions, often take a course in research methodology or a research seminar during their final year which requires basic statistics courses as prerequisites. This paper speaks about improving the teaching of statistics in business schools to serve the final year research methodology course. It identifies the need for a change in the methodology of teaching statistics so as to enable the students to better identify the appropriate statistical procedures and synthesize statistical results in their real world research project. Revisions in the syllabi and philosophy of teaching of statistics are suggested.