The Ongoing Development of Mubsereen: An R Package for Students with Visual Impairment or Blindness
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| Title: | The Ongoing Development of Mubsereen: An R Package for Students with Visual Impairment or Blindness |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Jaime Fuentes-Balderrama (ORCID |
| Source: | Teaching of Psychology. 2026 53(2):171-176. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 6 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Students with Disabilities, Visual Impairments, Blindness, Statistics Education, College Students, Accessibility (for Disabled), Technology Uses in Education, Open Educational Resources |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00986283251328039 |
| ISSN: | 0098-6283 1532-8023 |
| Abstract: | Introduction: There is an imperative need to address accessibility for students with visual impairment or blindness in higher education. Statement of the Problem: Statistics are a common challenge to some psychology and social science students due to their complexity, abstract nature, and the need to mathematically model human behaviour, yet sparse efforts have been made to teach statistics specifically to this student population. Literature Review: Research on the topic usually recommends accessible teaching materials or strategies, and some RStudio packages are accessible for this student population. Teaching Implications: The Mubsereen package ("those who have insight") comprises 10 functions that compute, analyze, interpret descriptive statistics, perform mean comparisons, correlation, regression, chi-square, and logistic regression. To facilitate screen reader accessibility, an alternative output method is pre-programmed into the functions and can be modified as needed. Conclusion: The package is not a stand-alone tool. We provide instructor preparations and recommendations (such as tactile printouts) for a successful lecture. The proposed package is not published on CRAN, as we intend to beta-test it in classrooms like yours before uploading it. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1500853 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Introduction: There is an imperative need to address accessibility for students with visual impairment or blindness in higher education. Statement of the Problem: Statistics are a common challenge to some psychology and social science students due to their complexity, abstract nature, and the need to mathematically model human behaviour, yet sparse efforts have been made to teach statistics specifically to this student population. Literature Review: Research on the topic usually recommends accessible teaching materials or strategies, and some RStudio packages are accessible for this student population. Teaching Implications: The Mubsereen package ("those who have insight") comprises 10 functions that compute, analyze, interpret descriptive statistics, perform mean comparisons, correlation, regression, chi-square, and logistic regression. To facilitate screen reader accessibility, an alternative output method is pre-programmed into the functions and can be modified as needed. Conclusion: The package is not a stand-alone tool. We provide instructor preparations and recommendations (such as tactile printouts) for a successful lecture. The proposed package is not published on CRAN, as we intend to beta-test it in classrooms like yours before uploading it. |
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| ISSN: | 0098-6283 1532-8023 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00986283251328039 |
