Teaching inferential statistic with an mÓvil aplication

Abstract

Teaching Statistics in university courses has presented major challenges in the disciplines of Social Sciences. In this research an application for smartphones devices was designed with the aim of supporting the learning of the Inferential Statistic in a sample of psychology and social work students. The functions of this application include a knowledge test, a glossary, an advisory mode to decide which hypothesis test to apply and a tutorial guide to execute statistical procedures in SPSS. The results reveal that the students legitimize the use of the mobile application as study material, observing high qualifications, both in the global evaluation of the application and in the evaluation of the characteristics of each function.