Abstract: JASP is a free software program that is easy to use. Come explore how to use it and how to generate clinical evidence from all that data you've been saving. Don't be afraid of math and stats! Dr B is here to help you get past your old traumas.
Description: JASP is a free software program to use for graphing and statistics. It can run on a mac, a PC, a tablet or even in a browser window. If you can use Excel even a little, you can use JASP. Really! Dr. Berkowitz switched to JASP during the covid 19 pandemic, as a way to level the playing field between students with new computers and students with old computers…no more sending students to the computer lab to use SPSS; we were all at home. The surprising benefit was that students liked JASP much better, understood more, could work with more independence and…almost…enjoyed statistics and graph making. In discussion with students, Dr. B found that many had had very bad experiences with undergrad statistics courses. With this training, they finally understood what they were doing and why. Bring your laptop computer or large tablet, or just your phone. By the end of the session, you’ll be ready to enter data, graph it, make predictions and test them with a statistic. Really! Because JASP is free, those of you out practicing in the real world can examine the data you collect from year to year and generate meaningful evidence for your school, hospital or other place of practice. We will generate questions and talk about how to graph them and test them with statistics for you personally, so you can go home and dig into your data with confidence.
Presentation Format & Methods: • Introductory slides, explaining about JASP software (10 minutes) • Interactive instruction in how to use JASP, with all participants working in small groups. (40 minutes) • discussion of possible research questions and hypotheses to explore (10 minutes) • continued practice with JASP in small groups (20 minutes) • plan for future (10 minutes)
Supporting Research: Reference 1: Galligan, L., Coupland, M., Dunn, P. K., Martinez, P. H., & Oates, G. (2020). Research into teaching and learning of tertiary mathematics and statistics. In Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2016–2019 (pp. 269-292). Springer, Singapore.
Supporting Research: Reference 2: Conti, K. C., & De Carvalho, D. L. (2014). Statistical literacy: developing a youth and adult education statistical project. Statistics Education Research Journal, 13(2), 164-176.
Supporting Research: Reference 3: Sharma, S. (2017). Definitions and models of statistical literacy: a literature review. Open Review of Educational Research, 4(1), 118-133.
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Learning Objectives:
enter data into JASP and create graphs and statistics such as t tests and ANOVAs
begin to overcome their fear of math, statistics and graphing by using a problem-solving approach
work with existing data sets in JASP
Brainstorm small projects they can do with their existing clinical data