[R-sig-teaching] Using R in an introductory stats course for non-stat/math majors using Lock5 text

[Christopher David Desjardins]

Dear Manuel,
Thanks for the reply. Radiant looks quite interesting, but is a bit too
complex for what I'm looking for. I fear my students would get lost in the
interface. Additionally, as far as I can tell, it doesn't do bootstrapping
or randomization tests.
Best,
Chris

On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 9:26 AM Manuel Spínola <mspinola10 using gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Chris,
>
> How about Radiant?
>
> Manuel
>
> El mar., 3 dic. 2019 a las 7:53, Christopher David Desjardins (<
> cddesjardins using gmail.com>) escribió:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I teach an introductory statistics course for non-stat/math majors that
>> are
>> primarily coming from the social sciences or business. I am using the Lock
>> textbook, http://www.lock5stat.com/, and their software StatKey,
>> http://www.lock5stat.com/StatKey/. I really like the way that StatKey
>> does
>> randomization tests and bootstrapping, however, I don't like that it's not
>> possible to perform theory-based tests on their website (e.g., if I wanted
>> my students to perform an independent samples t-test not by hand or run a
>> simple linear regression).
>>
>> Ideally what I was hoping for was to use R in my introductory classes but
>> to have some way to make it less intimidating. I want my students to be
>> able to run descriptives and create basic graphics (including dot plots),
>> randomization tests, bootstrapping, and run t-tests, chi-square, ANOVA,
>> and
>> regression.
>>
>> I tried using RStudio, but it is still overkill for what I want my
>> students
>> to be able to do. They don't need an IDE. Randall Pruim has kindly made a
>> PDF for using R with Lock5, but that is too much for what I want my
>> students need. Programming isn't a principal outcome of my course.
>>
>> I have looked in JASP and jamovi as well, but they don't fit my needs.
>>
>> The closest thing I have found to what I'm looking for is Rcmdr, but it
>> freezes on my Mac periodically regardless of if I use it from the
>> Terminal,
>> the R GUI, or RStudio. Has anyone else encountered that issue? Rcmdr is
>> great because it's GUI driven but also pastes the R code, which is nice
>> for
>> the more advanced students in the class.
>>
>> What I am wondering is.
>>
>> 1. Is anyone using R with Lock5 and how do you use R to do it?
>> 2. Does anyone know of a Shiny app that does what StatKey does AND
>> includes
>> some options for descriptives and inference similar to Rcmdr? I am
>> basically looking for a Shiny StatCrunch.
>>
>> I have thought about creating a Shiny app to do all of this, but if
>> someone
>> already has a wonderful solution, I don't want to reinvent the wheel. I
>> created something very, very basic[1] for my students just to explore the
>> Lock5 data and I just might need to expand on it to get what I want.
>>
>> Thanks for reading my long winded email,
>> Chris
>>
>> [1]: https://cddesja.shinyapps.io/lock5explorer/
>>
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