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标题：animation: A Package for Statistical Animations
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作者：Yihui Xie ; Xiaoyue Cheng
期刊名称：R News
印刷版ISSN：1609-3631
出版年度：2008
卷号：8
期号：02
页码：23-23
出版社：The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
摘要：The mastery of statistical ideas has always been a challenge for many who study statistics. The power of modern statistical software, taking advantage of advances in theory and in computer systems, both adds to those challenges and offers new opportunities for creating tools that will assist learners. The animation package (Xie, 2008) uses graphical and other animations to communicate the results of statistical simulations, giving meaning to abstract statistical theory. From our own experience, and that of our classmates, we are convinced that such experimentation can assist the learning of statistics. Often, practically minded data analysts try to bypass much of the theory, moving quickly into practical data analysis. For such individuals, use of animation to help understand simulations may make their use of statistical methods less of a “black box”.