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Title: The Ongoing Development of Mubsereen: An R Package for Students with Visual Impairment or Blindness
Language: English
Authors: Jaime Fuentes-Balderrama (ORCID 0000-0002-8225-0294), Qusay S. Hussein Al-Mamari (ORCID 0009-0000-9989-4240), Catherine A. Harwood (ORCID 0009-0003-6882-0806)
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.
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