f2dc6179-acbb-4f3f-9961-d091852e417520220305073830355naun:naunmdt@crossref.orgMDT DepositInternational Journal of Communications1998-448010.46300/9107http://www.naun.org/cms.action?id=30333520223520221610.46300/9107.2022.16https://npublications.com/journals/communications/2022.phpDavidZapletalInstitute of Mathematics and Quantitative Methods Faculty of Economics and Admin., University of Pardubice Pardubice, Czech RepublicVieraPacakovaInstitute of Mathematics and Quantitative Methods Faculty of Economics and Admin., University of Pardubice Pardubice, Czech RepublicBased on longtime teaching experience, the authors of the article present some reasons for the unpopularity of statistical disciplines that are taught at the economic faculties. We assume that the statistical software packages could be an effective motivational tool for teaching the statistical methods. Before explaining the individual statistical method, it is suitable to choose data sets which the students find interesting. In such a way it is possible to convince the students about the usefulness of the information provided by this statistical method. Statistical software packages allow a significant innovation of statistical disciplines. The authors present an example of good fitness tests application. The result in the form of a probabilistic model of a random variable provides detailed information of the population, much more extensive than the results of interval estimates and parametric hypotheses tests.35202235202219214https://npublications.com/journals/communications/2022/a082006-004(2022).pdf10.46300/9107.2022.16.4https://npublications.com/journals/communications/2022/a082006-004(2022).pdf10.1080/10691898.2006.11910575J. Symanzik, N. Vukasinovic, “Teaching an Introductory Statistics Course with CyberStats, an Electronic Textbook,” Journal of Statistics Education, 14, 2006. J. Poláčková, A. Jindrová, “Innovative Approach to Education and Teaching of Statistics,” Journal of Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 3, 2010, pp. 14-27. G. Smith, “Learning Statistics By Doing Statistics,” Journal of Statistics Education, 6, 1998. V. Pacáková, V. Labudová, L. Sipková, E. Šoltés, M.Vojtková, Štatistické metódy pre ekonómov, Bratislava: IURA EDITION, 2009. V. Pacáková, V. Labudová, L. Sipková, E. Kotlebová, Štatistická indukcia pre ekonómov, Bratislava: EKONÓM, 2012. H.H. Yang, J.C. Yu, H.J. Yang, W.H. Han, Y.J. Li, “Learning experience is important for the attitude of using statistical software,” Proceedings of the 6th WSEAS International Conference on Applied Computer Science, vol. 1, pp. 166-170, 2007. A.J. Viamonte, “The Computer in the Teaching of Mathematics,” Proceedings of the 6th WSEAS/IASME International Conference on Educational Technologies, vol. 1, pp. 24-29, 2010.