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

[Randall Pruim]

Chris,

The Lock5withR package includes all the data sets (first edition at this point) with more traditional R encoding than the package provided by the authors.

Soon (I hope — it’s just pending a final review and polish), there will also be a companion volume as a bookdown document using R, mosaic, and ggformula to recreate all the examples.  An older version is available as a PDF here:

http://www.lock5stat.com/other/Lock5withR.pdf


For "StatCrunch in shiny", perhaps you can say a bit more about what you are looking for and how jamovi and JASP fall short.

I hope you find a solutions that works well for you.

—rjp




On Dec 3, 2019, at 9:25 AM, Manuel Spínola <mspinola10 using gmail.com<mailto: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<mailto: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, https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.lock5stat.com_&d=DwIFaQ&c=4rZ6NPIETe-LE5i2KBR4rw&r=S6U-baLhvGcJ7iUQX_KZ6K2om1TTOeUI_-mjRpTrm00&m=rvRMe6UbaU3kDRIQHpLP_3zbje0eW1UBt3Fp6o9KSec&s=qnNW5anVawrMQVNo45I1_4M8Tw3ljsmBYw4qusBVUxs&e= , and their software StatKey,
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.lock5stat.com_StatKey_&d=DwIFaQ&c=4rZ6NPIETe-LE5i2KBR4rw&r=S6U-baLhvGcJ7iUQX_KZ6K2om1TTOeUI_-mjRpTrm00&m=rvRMe6UbaU3kDRIQHpLP_3zbje0eW1UBt3Fp6o9KSec&s=N3nV9BtqXRK3zJlRPrEQoqs1wssIPU_MFhAB46Kgf8E&e= . 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://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__cddesja.shinyapps.io_lock5explorer_&d=DwIFaQ&c=4rZ6NPIETe-LE5i2KBR4rw&r=S6U-baLhvGcJ7iUQX_KZ6K2om1TTOeUI_-mjRpTrm00&m=rvRMe6UbaU3kDRIQHpLP_3zbje0eW1UBt3Fp6o9KSec&s=ngdgop1Zp6IG6qxQPENeSz7lk7jGaKc413s_nBuJ7C4&e=

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