The Effect of Advance Statistics Learning Integrated Minitab and Excel with Teaching Teams
Jackson Pasini Mairing
Abstract
Using statistical software only or Excel only was not effective to increase the learning achievements of undergraduates. The research aimed to describe the effect of using Minitab and Excel with teaching teams toward the undergraduates' achievements of Advanced Statistics course. The research design was an experimental study. The research was conducted in nine stages. The participants were all mathematics education undergraduates from one of the state universities of Palangka Raya in three academic years, i.e. from 2015/2016 to 2017/2018. The instruments were lecture plans, midterm and final tests, and textbook of Advanced Statistics. The conclusion was drawn using covariance analysis and t-test of normalized gain. The research result showed that implementation learning of Advanced Statistics integrated Minitab and Excel with teaching teams increase the undergraduates' achievements in which the normalized gain was more than 0.3 (moderate increasing). In addition, the increase was also indicated by the average differences of the final and the initial scores at the first, the second, and the third years were 7.0, 12.5, and 19.4 respectively. The increase consistently occurred for the three academic years with a confidence level of 95%. The lecture plans could be used as an alternative way to teach Statistics courses.