Examining Student Perception of an Open Statistics Book

Keywords

education, Statistics

Abstract

The rise of Open Educational Resources (OER) research provides data that Open Textbooks and other forms of OER may be one cost saving approach for college and university students. Yet little research has been conducted around the attitudes and perceptions of the students using these Open Textbooks. This paper examines the perceptions that students have of the different versions of an open statistics textbook used over several years in one community college. Survey results show that students generally had at least as good of an experience using the open textbook compared to traditional textbooks. Suggestions for further research are discussed.

Original Publication Citation

Barbara Illowsky, John Hilton III, Justin Whiting and J. Dale Ackerman. “Examining Student Perception of an Open Statistics Book.” Open Praxis, 8(3): 265-277. (2016).

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2016

Permanent URL

http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/6188

Publisher

OP

Language

English

College

Religious Education

Department

Ancient Scripture

University Standing at Time of Publication

Associate Professor

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