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Statistical Literacy studies summary statistics used in
everyday arguments.
Statistical literacy helps people read and interpret
numbers in graphs, tables, statements and studies.
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES |
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Oct 10-12,
PKAL-QUIRK: Q/L Conference at Carleton College
(MN). Assessing Quantitative Reasoning.
Tentative schedule.
Workshop details. Talks include ""The
Quantitatively Reasoned Life" by Bernie Madison and Lynn Steen,
"Use, Misuse, and Missed Use of Quantitative Reasoning in Student
Writing" by Nathan Grawe, and "Challenges of QR Assessment" by Donna
Sundre.
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Jan 5-9, 2009
MAA JMM: Washington, DC.
[Note the change in dates]
Quantitative Literacy Across the Curriculum:
Wednesday Morning; Kimberly M.
Vincent, Washington State University, and Cinnamon Hillyard,
University of Washington, Bothell. There are a growing number of
colleges and universities with programs that embed QL in various
disciplines. We would encourage dissemination of this important work
by soliciting papers from any individuals or groups actively
involved in Quantitative Literacy across the curriculum. The need to
interpret and make inferences from quantitative data arises in all
disciplines. Individuals and teams, who have embedded QL in various
disciplines or institution wide, are welcome to submit contributed
papers. Papers should provide examples from various disciplines that
authentically embed QL in mathematics and/or other curriculum.
Preference will be given to abstracts that provide evidence on the
impact of the program or projects on student learning. If you have
been working with faculty from other disciplines we encourage you to
bring these faculty to JMM to present with you. The session is
sponsored by SIGMAA-QL. Abstracts must be
submitted by Tuesday, September 16, 2008.
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2008
StatLit Highlights |
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Aug 3-7,
ASA JSM: "Statistical Literacy 2008":
Interpreting the substantive significance of multivariate
regression coefficients
by Jane Miller. 1up slides.
Just Plain Data Analysis by
Gary Klass. 6up slides
Numbers in the News by Robert Raymond and Milo Schield, W. M.
Keck Statistical Literacy Project.
6up slides and
1up slides
Using Simulation to Teach Statistical Literacy
by Marc Isaacson, W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy Project.
6up
slides.
Von Mises' Frequentist Approach to Probability by Milo Schield
and Tom Burnham, W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy Project.
6up
Student Attitudes Toward Statistics at Augsburg by Milo and
Cynthia Schield, W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy Project.
6up
Teaching Confounding and Multivariate Thinking in Introductory
Statistics Roundtable by Milo Schield.
1up.
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July 30-Aug 2,
MAA MathFest with SIG-QL
Panelists Maura Mast,
Caren
Diefenderfer, Corrine Taylor,
Nicole Hoover, Judy Moran & Cinnamon Hillyard
discuss
"Role of Q/L Centers".
Milo Schield, Augsburg College, presents Confounder Influence on
Cases Attributed. 6up
slides
Donald Saari, University of California at Irvine, presents
"The Chaotic Evolution of Newton's Universe."
Rebecca Goldin, George Mason University, presents
"The use and abuse of statistics in the media".
Panelists Miller,
Saari, Hodge and Madison discuss "Math
Matters: Numerate Approaches to Everyday Issues."
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May
15-17: National Numeracy Network Q/L Conference at Sawyer-Colby.
What Numeracy can learn from Theories of Literacy,
Eric Gaze, Alfred University
6up
Grant-Writing in Support of QL, Nathan Grawe, Carlton College
Developing a QR program: getting from hostility to acceptance and
faculty buy-in,
Glenn Sproul, Johnson State College.
Transparencies
Analyzing Numbers in the News: A
Structured Critical-Thinking Approach, Milo Schield, Augsburg College,
6up slides
Lexis Nexus Statistical DataSets, Daniel Coyle
6up slides
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2008
Q2 News about the NNN Q/L Conference (5/15-17) at Sawyer-Colby
with QUIRK and NECQL.
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2007
STAT-LIT HIGHLIGHTS |
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What three colleges got a total of
more than a million
in grants for numeracy/QL/statistical literacy?
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Who said
that you can’t achieve the GAISE
goals in one course
if you also teach a long list of methods?
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Who said
that most students would be better served by a statistical
literacy course than a methods course?
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Who said that the definition of quantitative literacy should be expanded to
include 'construction'?
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What Blog said an ASA paper was
"pretty interesting" and inspired over 8,000 downloads?
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How prevalent was the word
"significant" in 250 news stories involving statistics?
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Articles
presenting a general background or overview:
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Enhancing
Statistical Literacy: Enriching Our Society by Katherine Wallman,
1992 ASA Presidential Address
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Quantitative Literacy: Why
Numeracy Matters for Schools and Colleges by Lynn Steen, MAA Online
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Why Numbers Count: Foreword by Robert Orrill, 1998.
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Quantitative Literacy and Statistics
by Richard Scheaffer, ASA President 2001
AmStat News Nov. 293
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Toward a Statistically Literate Citizenry: What Statistics Everyone
Should Know by Jerry Moreno, ICOTS-6 2002
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Educating
for Numeracy by Bernie Madison, 2002 AMS
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Pedagogical Challenges of Quantitative Literacy
by Bernie Madison, President of NNN,
2006 ASA 6up
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Statistical Literacy, Numeracy and
the Future, Peter Holmes, talk at Augsburg College 31 March
2003
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People Count: The Social
Construction of Statistics, Joel Best, 11/2002 Talk at
Augsburg College
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Including Construction in Quantitative
Literacy, Joel Best, 4/2007 Talk at
Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago
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Articles related to the W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy Project:
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Statistical Literacy and Liberal
Education at Augsburg College, Milo Schield, 2004 AACU Peer
Review.
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Presenting Confounding Graphically Using Standardization, Milo Schield, 2006
Draft for STATS magazine.
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Statistical Literacy:
An Online Course
at Capella University, Marc Isaacson 2005 ASA
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Quantity Words Without Numbers: Why Students use "Many",
Milo Schield 2005 QR Conference, Carleton College
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Statistical
Prevarication: Telling Half Truths Using Statistics, Milo
Schield, 2004 IASE.
Slides 1up,
6up
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Statistical Literacy: An
Evangelical Calling for Statistical Educators, Milo Schield,
2004 ISI
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Statistical Literacy and Mathematical Thinking, Milo
Schield 2000 International Congress on Mathematics Education
(ICME9), Tokyo
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Numbers in the News: A
Survey. Milo & Cynthia Schield 2007 ASA.
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Teaching the Social Construction of Statistics, Milo
Schield 2007 Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago
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