Volume 41, Issue 2 p. 69-72
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Using some forensic anthropology history to illustrate regression

John S. Croucher

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John S. Croucher

Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

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John S. Croucher, Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Email: john.croucher@mgsm.edu.au

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First published: 23 October 2018
Citations: 1

Summary

The use of real contexts and history in the teaching of statistical principles holds much attraction in the classroom. This is especially so when the examples used are in situations that are quite out of the ordinary but can lead to further investigation by the students. Previous instances of these have been used with great effect with sporting data and even courtroom decisions. In this article, a very practical problem in forensic science is tackled using elementary statistics with some spectacular and extremely useful results.

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