Journal article
Assessing claims made by a pizza chain
Journal of Statistics Education, Vol.20(1), pp.1-19
2012
Abstract
A pizza chain in Australia made a number of claims about the size of its pizzas relative to those from another pizza chain. Interestingly, the pizza chain made publically available the data upon which those claims were made. The claims of the pizza company can be assessed using these data. Instructors can use the data to guide students to form research questions and hypotheses; to produce numerous graphical, numerical and tabular summaries; and for conducting some simple analyses such as one- and two-sample t-tests. Notes are made on how the data can be used to demonstrate the importance of initial data analysis, and the importance of understanding the source of the data and the research design. In addition, suggestions are made for how students can use these results in a way that taps students‟ creative potential.
Details
- Title
- Assessing claims made by a pizza chain
- Authors
- Peter K Dunn (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Publication details
- Journal of Statistics Education, Vol.20(1), pp.1-19
- Publisher
- American Statistical Association
- Date published
- 2012
- DOI
- 10.1080/10691898.2012.11889637
- ISSN
- 1069-1898
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2012 by Peter K. Dunn all rights reserved. This text may be freely shared among individuals, but it may not be republished in any medium without express written consent from the author and advance notification of the editor.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450209102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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