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Using self-reported data collection and analysis to facilitate student learning: A case study

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  • Berning, Joshua P.

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As part of an undergraduate course in agricultural economics,students recorded their own fruit and vegetable consumption over a 7-week period. The aggregate data were used by the students to test their own hypothesis regarding fruit and vegetable consumption. This paper discusses the benefits and drawbacks to this teaching approach.

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  • Berning, Joshua P., 2014. "Using self-reported data collection and analysis to facilitate student learning: A case study," 2014 Annual Meeting, February 1-4, 2014, Dallas, Texas 162482, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:saea14:162482
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.162482
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