Contributed Paper C302
In session C7F (Wednesday 11th, 9:30-10:30, Level 2 - Medium Conference Room)Can a three-day intensive statistics boot camp increase graduate students' core knowledge and self-efficacy?
Authors
Brian Leventhal (James Madison University, U.S.A.)S. Jeanne Horst (James Madison University, U.S.A.)
Derek Sauder (James Madison University, U.S.A.)
Karen Ford (James Madison University, U.S.A.)
Presenter
Brian Leventhal (United States)Abstract
Given our experience with graduate students’ unpreparedness for their intermediate statistics course, we developed an intense three-day statistics refresher “boot camp,” a type of bridge course. In this study we explored the impact of the boot camp on students’ introductory statistics knowledge and self-efficacy towards introductory statistics concepts knowledge. Boot camp participants experienced an average increase of 10% in statistics knowledge and 18% in self-efficacy scores. After enrolling in their intermediate graduate statistics course, boot camp participants were found to have higher statistical knowledge and self-efficacy scores compared to their non-boot camp classmates.