ISLA (Interactive Statistics Learning Applications) is a set of interactive apps created by the instructor to facilitate your learning in this class.
The goals of creating these apps are outlined in the following
Although most of the concepts and procedures are not abstract, some pf them such as sampling distributions involving limiting processes are not intuitive and can even be surprising for beginners. A few ISLA apps have used simulations to provide some degree of intuition for these ideas.
Most descriptive and inferential procedures are structured. The majority of ISLA apps can reproduce the steps involved in these procedures once you grasp the related basic concepts. These steps were described in detail in the lecture notes for the corresponding modules.
Due to the structured nature of most procedures, many ISLA apps can provide solutions to problems in this class. All you need to do is check the given information, select the appropriate ISLA app, and enter the provided details into the input box to generate the solution.
Although most ISLA apps can generate solutions to many descriptive and inferential statistics problems, they are not designed for completing assignments without a clear understanding of the underlying concepts and procedures. Instead, they are meant to:
Make certain concepts more intuitive;
Streamline the structure of your solutions by following a logical reasoning flow;
Validate worked examples from notes or other resources when you rework them;
Check your work while practicing problems.