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@Article{Isaacs:1976:BCA,
  author =       "Gerald L. Isaacs and Melvin R. Novick",
  title =        "The {Bayesian} computer-assisted data analysis
                 {(CADA)} monitor",
  journal =      j-SIGCSE,
  volume =       "8",
  number =       "1",
  pages =        "268--274",
  month =        feb,
  year =         "1976",
  CODEN =        "SIGSD3",
  DOI =          "https://doi.org/10.1145/952989.803483",
  ISSN =         "0097-8418 (print), 2331-3927 (electronic)",
  ISSN-L =       "0097-8418",
  bibdate =      "Sun Nov 18 08:53:52 MST 2012",
  bibsource =    "http://portal.acm.org/;
                 http://www.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/bib/sigcse1970.bib",
  note =         "Proceedings of the SIGCSE--SIGCUE joint symposium on
                 Computer science education.",
  abstract =     "Many steps are involved in completing a Bayesian
                 statistical analysis. Some are skilled tasks requiring
                 the expertise of a professional, others are purely
                 mechanical. The former include such tasks as choice of
                 model, specification of the prior distribution and
                 interpretation of the posterior distribution; the
                 latter include such things as the arithmetic necessary
                 to combine the prior distribution with the data to
                 produce the posterior distribution and to produce
                 probability statements from that distribution.
                 Unfortunately, it is all too often the case that the
                 arithmetic gets in the way of the professional's
                 decision-making responsibilities by breaking
                 concentration and line of thought; and at times the
                 sheer bulk of computation precludes the use of advanced
                 techniques by the unaided researcher. What is required
                 is a monitoring system that does all of the arithmetic
                 and, even further, sees to it that all of the steps in
                 the analysis are performed correctly and in their
                 proper sequence. Also, within an instructional process,
                 it can be very useful to have a system that helps a
                 student learn by guiding his steps through a valid
                 statistical analysis even if he doesn't yet fully
                 understand what he is doing. For these and other
                 reasons, a system of Computer-Assisted Data Analysis
                 (CADA) was developed at the University of Iowa (Novick,
                 1971, 1973). Further investigation into available
                 computer technology coupled with expansion of the
                 theoretical base on which the original system rested
                 resulted in the refinement and expansion of the
                 available programs and the construction of a monitor to
                 facilitate their use.",
  acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
  fjournal =     "SIGCSE Bulletin (ACM Special Interest Group on
                 Computer Science Education)",
  journal-URL =  "http://portal.acm.org/browse_dl.cfm?idx=J688",
}

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