abstract
- © 2021 IEEE.Within the study of engineering, the role of statistics has increased its importance. However, students find it difficult and without application. A question that arises is whether gender influences the initial attitude of students towards statistics and also whether it is possible to have a different impact with a strategy applied to everyone equally. To improve students' attitudes towards statistics, the design and analysis of experiments course was redesigned. A virtual laboratory was designed, which allowed students to carry out the design phase of the experiment that is difficult to implement. In addition, the examples used in class were delivered using the storytelling technique. A statistical analysis was performed to gather conclusions. Results showed that overall, the experimental group had an increase in the attitude of students towards statistics. However, the results are different when analyzed considering gender. Men seem to benefit more than women. A complementary study was developed to identify women's interests that could be included in the course's design.