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Teach a confidence interval for the median in the first statistics course |
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| Authors: | Eric B Howington |
| Abstract: | Few introductory statistics courses consider statistical inference for the median. This article argues in favour of adding a confidence interval for the median to the first statistics course. Several methods suitable for introductory statistics students are identified and briefly reviewed. |
| Keywords: | Teaching statistics Confidence intervals Median Bootstrap |