Multiple Choice Questions in Stats for Sport Science Students - a student perspective

The problem that motivated this work will be familiar to teachers of service modules. The 50 first-year Sport Science students seemed to lose much of their energy and liveliness when confronted with a compulsory module on research methods in sport. This module had a large component of Statistics, based on SPSS. Few of the students had studied maths beyond GCSE, and some had actively avoided it. Part of the problem seemed to be an inherent fear of the subject material, accompanied by lack of confidence.…Using WebCT and student feedback, self tests and quizzes were developed…