Research & Publications

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The Golden Rules

Budgett, S. and Renelle, A. (2023) "Statistical Literacy – the Golden Rules A Review of Tim Harford’s The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics," The Mathematics Enthusiast: Vol. 20: No. 1, Article 30. (Link).

Statistics Literacy

Book Review

Statistics for Everyone

Alternative Sample Spaces

Renelle, A., Budgett, S., & Jones, R. (2022). A Consideration of Alternative Sample Spaces Used in Coin-Toss Problems. The Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education. (Link).

Probability

Interpretation

Unique Views

Generating Randomness

Renelle, A., Budgett, S., & Jones, R. (2021b). New Zealand Teachers' Generation Problem Misconceptions. Teaching Statistics, 43(2), 56-61. (Link)

Misconceptions

Teachers

Challenges

Virtual Experiments

Jones-Todd, C.M., & Renelle, A. (2022). Virtual experiments to teach experimental design. In S. Peters (Ed.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Teaching Statistics. (Link).

Experimental Design

Educational Tools

Active Learning

Multisensory Learning

Renelle, A., & Jones, R. (2022). Multisensory learning for students with disabilities. In S. Peters (Ed.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Teaching Statistics. (Link).

Disabilities

Sensory Learning

Perceptions

Hearing Random Processes

Renelle, A., Budgett, S., & Jones, R. (2019). Recognition of Random Processes from Simulated Auditory Experiences. In Decision Making Based on Data: IASE 2019 Satellite. (Link).

Misconceptions

Teachers

Sensory Learning

Defining Randomness

Renelle, A., Budgett, S., & Jones, R. (2021a). Defining Randomness? In Proceedings of the 10th Australian Conference on Teaching Statistics. 36-41. (Link)

Misconceptions

Teachers

Challenges

Folk Randomness

Renelle, A., Budgett, S., & Chernoff, E. (2022). Making heads and tails of generation loss: A timeless tale of folk randomness. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Teaching Statistics. (Link).

Historical Influence

Consequences

Unique Views

Hearing Distributions

Renelle, A., Budgett, S., & Jones, R. (2020). New Zealand Teachers’ Perceptions when Hearing Waiting-Time Distributions. In P. Arnold (Ed.), Proceedings of the Roundtable conference of IASE. (Link)

Misconceptions

Teachers

Sensory Learning

Ph.D. Thesis

Triangulating Concept Knowledge Flexibility in the Area of Randomness Misconceptions was a critical investigation of teachers' randomness misconceptions, opinions of the concept of randomness, and use of multisensory learning. Read...

Statistics Literacy

Randomness Misconceptions

Teachers' Perceptions

Honours Dissertation

With First Class Honours, my A+ dissertation on An Examination of Participant Perspectives on the Scampy Tool focused on student user experiences with a waiting time visualisation tool called Scampy. View the tool here.

Probability

Interpretation

Learning Tool Review

Masters Thesis

The aim of this project was to characterise PDX and CLX models of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) for their histology and hypoxia status through IHC staining with hypoxia marker pimonidazole.

Biology

Cancer

Cells

The Randomness Module

A prototype learning module disseminating knowledge obtained throughout my thesis project. The tool was developed with the use of GitHub and R-Markdown files and can be viewed here.

Statistics Literacy

Educational Tool

Statistics for Everyone

Students' feedback app

A basic app to help students formulate constructive feedback for their peers. Amy developed this Shiny App to promote thorough feedback by students. See the app here:

https://amyrenelle.github.io/FeedbackApp/

Crafting Feedback

Interactive

Shiny Applets

Confidence Intervals App

To help students understand how confidence intervals work, Amy developed a Shiny App that allowed for user input to better facillitate exploration of the concepts. Take a look at the app here: https://wvsj9c-amy-renelle.shinyapps.io/MLE-CIs/

Confidence Intervals

Interactive

Shiny Applets

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