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This paper examines the role of the Internet in teaching and learning statistics. It describes how the World-Wide Web is being used to support and enhance statistics coursework. Some opinions are offered on ways in which teaching practices might develop to exploit the technology.
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Talbot, M. (1998). Statistics Training and the Internet. In: Payne, R., Green, P. (eds) COMPSTAT. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-01131-7_65
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