Incorporating a study and research path into a statistics course for engineering students

This paper describes a teaching proposal in engineering education based on the introduction of a study and research path (SRP) in the subject of Statistics of a Bachelor’s Degree in ICT Systems Engineering. The conditions in which this SRP was designed and the first steps of its implementation are explained. Since an SRP starts with a generating question, special attention was paid to how the students worked on its formulation and the corresponding construction of the derived questions. With respect to the statistical knowledge mobilised, the problem of finding appropriate data in a format that can be applied appears as a key step to determine the study suitability of the generating question.The research leading to these results received funding from the Spanish R&D Project PID2021-126717NB-C31 (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE).Peer ReviewedObjectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::4 - Educació de QualitatPostprint (author's final draft