Using Shiny to Teach Econometric Models

This Element discusses how shiny, an R package, can help instructors teach quantitative methods more effectively by way of interactive web apps. The interactivity increases instructors' effectiveness by making students more active participants in the learning process, allowing them to engage with otherwise complex material in an accessible way.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Modifying the apps; 3. Defining 'best': estimation; 4. Linear model assumptions; 5. Encore: shrinkage methods; 6. Concluding remarks.

Summary

This Element discusses how shiny, an R package, can help instructors teach quantitative methods more effectively by way of interactive web apps. The interactivity increases instructors' effectiveness by making students more active participants in the learning process, allowing them to engage with otherwise complex material in an accessible way.

Product details

• Authors: Shawna K. Metzger, Shawna K. (University of Virginia) Metzger
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781108793407
• ISBN: 978-1-108-79340-7
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Quantitative and Computational Methods for the Social Sciences
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Programming languages; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, COMPUTERS / Software Development & Engineering / General, COMPUTERS / Programming / General, Politics & government, Politics and government, Programming Techniques, Computer programming / software engineering, Programming & scripting languages: general, Program concepts / learning to program, Programming and scripting languages: general, Computer Programming / Software Development, COMPUTERS / Languages / General, Shiny; teaching; web apps; quantitative methods; regression