teach_method {discovr}R Documentation

Method of teaching data (3 groups)

Description

A dataset from Field, A. P. (2026). Discovering statistics using R and RStudio (2nd ed.). London: Sage.

Usage

teach_method

Format

A tibble with 30 rows and 3 variables.

Details

To test how different teaching methods affected students' knowledge I took three statistics modules where I taught the same material. For one module I wandered around with a large cane and beat anyone who asked daft questions or got questions wrong (punish). In the second I encouraged students to discuss things that they found difficult and gave anyone working hard a nice sweet (reward). In the final course I neither punished nor rewarded students' efforts (indifferent). I measured the students' exam marks (percentage). This fictional data contains the following variables

Source

www.discovr.rocks/csv/teach_method.csv


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