Abstract

The following report is a description of the design, development, and evaluation of an online statistics performance support system. The target audience for the support system is students of Instructional Psychology and Technology (IP&T), especially those who have taken the IP&T 550 "Empirical Inquiry and Statistics" course. The product is designed to be used as a supplemental reference tool. The main purpose of the online performance support system is to help IP&T students select appropriate statistical procedures for their research and learn how to perform the necessary calculations using a statistics analysis software package called SPSS. This report summarizes the needs analysis, target audience analysis, instructional design process and the formative evaluation of the product. The results of the evaluation indicated that the users found great value in the product, that it was useful and effective in helping them select an appropriate statistical procedure, and that it helped them conduct the procedure in SPSS.

Degree

MS

College and Department

David O. McKay School of Education; Instructional Psychology and Technology

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Date Submitted

2009-07-16

Document Type

Selected Project

Handle

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd3098

Keywords

Performance Support System, Case-based Teaching, Job aids, Statistics, SPSS

Language

English

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