COMPUTER SUPPORTED INSTRUCTION IN STATISTICS: LONG RANGE IMPLICATIONS

This paper reports results of a study designed to measure the long-term impact of computer supported instruction in an introductory business statistics course. Very modest behavioral outcomes were found. Computer supported instruction led to strictly short-term positive attitudinal change toward computers and their value, strictly long-term positive attitudinal change toward quantitative methods and their value, and sustained positive attitudinal change toward computers as a teaching aid.