Featured Paper: Disparity vs. Discrimination ICOTS
These web-accessible articles are relevant to the teaching of statistical literacy. They consider fundamental questions in statistical education that involve using statistical associations in observational data (rather than random assignment in experiments) to argue for causal connections.
“a clear understanding ... of statistical issues in
observational data is needed for statistical practice in the real world.”
Stroup et al.,
Teaching Statistical Principles Using Epidemiology...,
The American Statistician, Feb 2004. P. 77.
New Papers Listed in 2022 (By month added. Year is when paper was published)
12 | Statistical Literacy: Seven Simple Questions for Policymakers. Schield. Slides for IASE webinar. |
11 |
Washington Post: US Fatal Police Shootings.
Summary Data
#Ed., Schield Last posting at 11/11/2022
Statistical Literacy: Teaching Confounding and the Cornfield Conditions. Schield 2023 USCOTS Workshop Proposal Common Sense Mathematics (2021 2nd ed.) Nathan Bolker and Maura Mast TOC Thinking Quantitatively: (2021 2nd ed.) Eric Gaze TOC |
10 |
Statistical Literacy UNM Math 1300: First Year Results
Schield ASA JSM
Slides
Hurricane Ian: NHC Projection Cone Advisories. Schield Sept 23-29, 2022. Slides 2022-23 NNN Meeting: Conference program INM Albuquerque NM. In person and online |
09 |
US Statistical Literacy activities
(Schield's recent publications). Schield ISLP 2022-Q3 newsletter.
US 2020: Poverty by Race and Family Structure (slides). Schield Research paper Cornfield's use of causal grammar. Schield Research paper. Canvas: Kaltura Embedding Files (slides). Canvas-Odyssey grades (slides). Canvas: Adding Video to Module (slides). Schield. |
08 |
Association vs. Causation; Disparity vs. Discrimination.
Schield. ICOTS-11. Rosario, Argentina Online.
slides
Teaching Statistical Literacy Schield ASA Birds of a Feather Schield Handout Aug 10, 2022 Statistical Literacy Goes Beyond Quantitative Literacy. Schield MathFest Slides Statisticians of the Centuries: 2001 (Table of Contents) UNM: Accessing Class Lists by Schield Slides Othmar Winkler: RIP Obituary 08/14/2022 Wilhelm Winkler's bio Othmar's father. |
07 |
Statistical Literacy: Critical Thinking about Statistics.
Schield Conference on Critical Thinking.
Paper
Slides
Announcement
Video (25 minute): https://drive.google.com/file/d/14QFCPm_WijQUZiU7IN9iCuYptVAwOHs3/view?usp=sharing |
07 | UNM Accessing Class Schedules: Enrollment and Class Lists. Schield Slides |
06 | Mathfest Selected Sessions by Milo Schield |
05 | Introducing Statistical Literacy: A Lesson Plan by Milo Schield ECOTS Activity 5/24/2022 |
05 | Teaching Statistical Literacy by Milo Schield. ECOTS 5/26/2022 Birds of a Feather |
05 | Statistical Literacy: Seven Simple Questions for Policymakers. by Milo Schield SJIAOS Submitted |
05 | Statistical Literacy, Quantitative Reasoning, Quantitative Literacy by Milo Schield 1997 Statistical Literacy QR QL ALL |
05 | Augsburg Tenure Application by Milo Schield, 1991. Part 2. |
05 | Statistics Project Requirements by Milo Schield, 1992 |
04 | JSM Selected Talks by Milo Schield April 2022 |
04 | Statistical Literacy: Tools for All Disciplines by Milo Schield Mathfest Proposal |
04 | Statistical Literacy for Policymakers by Milo Schield SJIAOS (draft). April 2022. |
03 | What Educators should know about Civic Statistics by Iddo Gal IASE workshop 3/14/2022 |
03 | Math is music; Statistics is literature. By Richard De Veaux and Paul Velleman 2008 |
03 | Statistical Literacy in Northeast China by Robert Giebitz ICOTS9 (2014) Poster |
03 | The Immortal Sowell by Charles Murray in the Claremont Review Winter 2021-22 |
03 | Using Minitab for Exploratory Data Analysis by Milo Schield 1995 Student handout |
02 | Statistical Literacy is Essential .... by Anna Bargagliotti and Hollylynne S. Lee. 2/22/2022. |
02 | Statistical Reasoning Table of Contents 5th edition (2018) by Bennett, Briggs and Triola |
01 | Lifetime statistical achievements. Milo Schield, 12/2021 |
New Papers Listed in 2021 (By month added. Year is when paper was published)
12 | Univ. of New Mexico Offers Confounder-Based Statistical Literacy. Milo Schield, ISLP Newsletter 2021 |
12 | Statistical Literacy Textbook Proposal Milo Schield |
11 | Teaching Statistical Literacy at a Community College. Milo Schield 11/18/2021 at CNMCC. Slides |
11 | Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking by Jennifer Mulnix 2012. Educational Philosophy |
11 | Role of Basic Research in Universities by Alex Dessler EOS 1969 |
10 | Offering Statistical Literacy: Choosing, Offering and Teaching. Milo Schield. Oct, 2021. |
08 | Simpson's Paradox: Covid Deaths UK 8/11/2021 Schield UNM Research (1 page) |
08 | Statistical Literacy: Simpson's Paradox and Covid Deaths. Schield ASA JSM Birds of a Feather 8/12/2021. Slides One page handout 8/11 |
08 | Statistical Literacy Approved for General Education at Univ. NewMexico. Schield ASA JSM 8/11/2021 Full: Slides Video. Speed: Slides Video |
08 | Statistical Literacy: The Diabolical Denominator. Schield MathFest 8/4/2021 Slides Video |
08 | A Simple Graphic Method to Assess Correlation Othmar Winkler 2021 Biometrics and Biostatistics International Journal |
07 | Statistical Literacy for Policy Makers. Schield 7/16/2021 ISI Slides |
07 | Statistical Literacy: Teaching Confounding. Schield 6/26/2021 USCOTS Workshop Slides |
07 | Creating Wainer-Lesser Graphs using Excel. Schield 2021 Excel worksheet |
06 | Ambiguity of Phi in Excel Schield 6/2021 Spreadsheet |
04 | Commentary on Wild's 2011 RSS paper. Schield |
02 | RG 100 citations. Information Literacy, Statistical Literacy and Data Literacy. Schield paper 2012. |
01 | "How We Argue": an online critical thinking course. Otey and Sanderson (Harvard). Weinberg review |
01 | Multivariable thinking, confounding, and causal inference in intro stats (slides) by Kevin Cummiskey, West Point. 2020 JSM. |
01 | Creating a Learning Progression to Support Secondary Math Teachers to Develop a Critical Statistical Literacy (slides). Travis Weiland, Appalachian S. 2019 JSM |
01 | Towards a Framework for a Critical Statistical Literacy in High School Mathematics by Travis Weiland (2016). U. Mass Dartmouth. Psych of Math Ed. |
01 | Studying the Relationship Between Students’ Perception of the Mean and Their Understanding of Variance by Sigley, Guyot and White. JSM 2019. |
New Papers Listed in 2020 (By month added. Year is when paper was published)
12 | Shifting Contexts; Stable Core: Advancing Quantitative Literacy in Higher Education. MAA Ed., Tunstall, Karaali and Piercey. Table of Contents |
12 | Call for Research on English Grammar Used to Describe and Compare Ratios. Schield 12/3/20 |
12 | College Board, Mathematics and Data Literacy. David Coleman, CEO. Freakonomics 2019 |
12 | NNN President's 2020 Report: Memo version. Milo Schield |
11 | NNN Call for Papers. Submit by Nov 30. National Numeracy Network Annual Meeting (Online) Feb 25-27. |
11 | Covid19 Infections, Cases and Deaths slides. 11/21. Milo Schield |
11 | Quantitative Literacy: Thinking Between the Lines (2017, 3rd edition). Table of Contents. Crauder et al |
10 | Pathways to College Mathematics (2020). Table of Contents. By D. Franklin Wright |
09 | Statistical Literacy: Scanlan's Paradox. Schield ASA 8/3/2020 12 slides Video |
08 | PowerPoint: Create Audio and Video. Slides Schield 8/8/2020 |
08 | Edit/Convert Zoom Recording Using AVS software. Schield One-page instructions 8/1/2020 |
07 | Covid19 Death Rates: An Explanatory Model (12 Slides). Schield 7/19/2020. |
07 | NAS Symposium Imagining STEM in 2040 (Nov 11-12+19). NSF Idea Competition for Symposium Schield 7/15 Idea submission. |
07 | Sea Level Rise Graphs: Past and Projected. Ed. by Schield |
07 | Review of Burrill's (2020) IASE paper. Schield IASE 7/2020 |
05 | Controlling for Context by Standardizing. Schield ECOTS 5/2020 Slides Video (MP4: 5 minutes) |
05 | RG Citations of Statistical Educator's Papers. Schield 5/20/2020 Update 7/10/2020 |
03 | ResearchGate: Replace paper. One-page instructions Schield 3/20/2020 |
03 | Coronavirus: Covid-19: An Analysis (12 Slides). Schield 3/08/2020 |
02 | UNM StatLit Advising Handout. Schield 2/20/2020 UNM StatLit Advising Handout Business |
01 | Honda Grant Application. Schield proposal via Augsburg. (1/2020) |
New Papers Listed in 2019 (By month added. Year is when paper was published)
New Papers Listed in 2018 (By month added. Year is when paper was published)
11 | Why 25% of Voter Polls are Wrong. Schield CTC 12/2018. Slides |
11 | Chance of Winning Nate Silver 2014. Extract |
11 | Data Visualization and Statistical Literacy: Table of Contents. Edited by Prodromou 3/2017. [Statistical literacy by Jane Watson] |
10 | Increasing Disparity: the Scanlan Effect. Schield NNN 2018 Annual Meeting. Slides |
10 | Excel Date-Based Charts: Line vs. XY. 10/2018 Schield Research |
08 | Schield inducted as a Fellow by the American Statistical Association. JSM 2018. |
08 | Statistical Literacy and the Lognormal Distribution by Milo Schield 2018 ASA JSM Slides Data |
07 |
Confounding and Cornfield: Back to the Future
by Milo Schield 2018 ICOTS.
Slides
Appendix. “Cornfield's minimum effect size is one of the greatest contributions of statistics to human knowledge alongside the Central limit theorem and Fisher's use of random assignment to statistically control for pre-existing confounders.” “To change the future, we need to go back to when Jerome Cornfield argued that smoking caused cancer.” “Our unwillingness to talk about observational causation, confounding and strength of evidence is arguably the primary reason our students' see little value in the introductory statistics normally taught in Stat 101." "We need to teach multivariate statistics, confounding and the Cornfield conditions so students will appreciate statistics.” |
05 | Review: The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect by Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie. (5/2018) Summary Index-OCR |
05 | Review: Observation and Experiments by Paul Rosenbaum (11/2017). Summary + TOC |
05 | Why is road safety better under driving impairment due to both marijuana and alcohol, than each separately ? ASA JSM. R. Shanmugam, R. Tripathi, K. Singh |
05 | Seven Habit of Highly Numerate People by Doug Berdie. Minneapolis Star and Tribune (2018) |
05 | Twenty-Five Most Influential Psychological Experiments by Kirsten Frescoe (2016) |
05 | Schoolbook Simplification and Its Relation to the Decline in SAT-Verbal Scores. Hayes, Wolfer and Wolfe, Cornell U. AERA (1996) |
04 | Milo Schield selected as ASA Fellow. (2018) Cynthia Schield earns ACBL Life Master. Prokop Schield excelled in Cyber Security. |
03 | Response to US State Dept. Request for Information on “Data Literacy, Analysis, & Visualizati1on Workshops” by Quant-Fluent: Marc Isaacson and Milo Schield. |
03 | Introduction to Statistical Literacy by Milo Schield. 2018 Gartner Conference. Plano, TX. Slides |
03 |
Make calculus and statistics a part of the Core
by Robert Tang. Colombia Spectator. “Without statistical literacy, we become prone to making naive judgments from limited evidence, and it becomes impossible to engage critically with facts, theories, predictions, and conclusions.” |
03 | Thirty Best Data Science Books. |
03 | Data Literacy and Statistical Literacy Slides by Milo Schield at the Gartner 2018 Data and Analytics Summit, Plainview TX. |
02 | ASA Fellow Schield Nominated by Carl Lee. CV Citations Supporting letters by John Bailer, Danny Kaplan, Herb Weisberg, Chris Wild and Jeff Witmer. |
02 | Causal INSIGHTS INSIDE for data mining to fight data tsunami and confounding by Jan Hajek (2004, Netherlands) |
02 | CUPM Recommendations: The First 40 Years by Lynn Steen (1998, 35 pages) |
02 | Statistical Tools and Statistical Literacy: The Case of The Average by Iddo Gal (1994) in Teaching Statistics. Obtained from Gal's Research-Gate page. |
02 |
Schield Papers: Citations.
As of Feb 2018. Schield StatLit Highlights for 2017 2018 Schield Complete Curriculum Vitae (13 pages) |
02 | Statistical Literacy and the Log-Normal Distribution. Title and Abstract by Milo Schield. Proposed for 2018 ASA JSM. |
01 | Why the Father of Modern Statistics Didn’t Believe Smoking Caused Cancer by Ben Christopher (2016). [No mention of Cornfield. Ed.] |
01 | Confounding. Wikipedia entry as of Jan 2018. |
New Papers Listed in 2017 (By month added. Year is when paper was published)
11 | Schield Papers: Citations. As of November 2017. |
10 | Persuading with Numbers by Sue Hum. TOC and Introduction. |
10 | Mathematics is about the World. Table of Contents and chapter summaries. Robert E. Knapp. |
10 | National Numeracy Network Annual Meeting @ Barnard College. |
10 | NNN Board Discussion Items by Milo Schield, VP. Slides: Levels of Numeracy slides. Grammar: The Heart of Numeracy slides. |
09 | Teaching Logistic Regression using OLS. ASA Proceedings Section Statistical Education (2017) by Milo Schield Slides Data |
09 | Simpson's Paradox: A Data Set and Discrimination Case Study Exercise (2014) by Stan Taylor and Amy Mickel JSE Data Documentation |
08 | Variation: “Explained By” vs. “Caused By” Using Excel by Milo Schield Research paper |
08 | Augsburg College: Schield's Annual Report by Milo Schield (2016-2017) |
06 | GAISE 2016 promotes Statistical Literacy by Milo Schield SERJ Special Statistical Literacy Issue (2017). |
06 | Statistical Tools and Statistical Literacy: The Case of the Average by Iddo Gal (1994). Teaching Statistics 2007. From ResearchGate |
06 | Statistical Literacy for Decision Makers: Table of Contents by Milo Schield |
06 | Log-normal product of Normal Frequency distribution and Log-Normal Severity Distribution by Milo Schield |
06 | Median of Log-Normal given Mean and Std. Deviation by Milo Schield |
06 | Classifying Associations into ABC by Milo Schield Association-Causation Survey Schield placement |
06 | My “Unsung Hero”: The Little Engine that Could. Alive&Kickin VoiceOver by Milo Schield. Document Audio |
05 | Statistical Literacy: slides. Invited presentation at Field's Institute's Center for Math Education by Milo Schield. Announcement 4/29/2017. |
05 | Helping English Language Learners Navigate Probability Vocabulary and Concepts. USCOTS 2017. Amy Wagler and Larry Lesser Slides |
05 | National Numeracy Network NNN Budget Proposal by VP Milo Schield |
05 | Tom Burnham's Accomplishments: 1995-2014. by Milo Schield |
05 | ISI Mission and Objectives 2017. ISI Mission and Objectives 2016. |
05 | Dialogue: moving students from reference to critical data literacy. A Skit. Data librarians. |
05 | Six Types Of Analyses Every Data Scientist Should Know by Smith (2013). One page summary by Schield |
05 | Student Survey: of Novak's Book: Business as a Vocation. Augsburg student in Key 490. Schield is the instructor. |
04 | Using a common statistical test (p-values) all wrong. Interview with ASA Ron Wasserstein. Retraction Watch |
04 | Research Gate Total Citations of Selected Statistical Educators by Others. Tabulated by Milo Schield |
04 | Creating Funnel Charts in Excel 2013 by Milo Schield Demo Data |
03 | Steen 2015 Obituaries: St. Olaf, Minneapolis, MAA. Biography 1999 QL Bibliography [Created StatLit.org webpage for Lynn Steen] |
03 | Steen (1990): On the Shoulders of Giants. National Academy of Science; National Academy Press. |
03 | Steen (1998): CUPM — The First 40 Years. |
03 | Lynn Steen: Leadership by Example. A Summary by Joel Cuningham (2013). Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College. |
03 | QR for College Graduates: A Complement to the Standards. CUPM 1994 |
03 | CUPM 1971: Preparation for Graduate work in Statistics. Undergraduate Statistics without Calculus. |
03 | Does Everybody Need to Study Algebra? Steen (1992) Mathematics Teacher |
03 | Heeding the Call for Change Suggestions for Curricular Action. Linda R. Sons, Chair. (1994). MAA CUPM. |
03 | Mathematics and Democracy: The Case for Quantitative Literacy. Executive Editor Lynn Steen (2001). NCED Full text. Epilogue |
03 | Calculus for a New Century: A Pump, Not a Filter. Lynn Steen, Editor (1987) MAA. National Resource Council. |
03 | Why Numeracy Matters. Editors: Bernie Madison and Lynn Steen (2003). NCED. |
03 | Foundations of Mathematics: Unsolvable Problems by Lynn Steen (1975). Science, AAAS |
03 | On Being a Mathematical Citizen: The Natural NExT Step. Lynn Steen (2007). MAA 9th Leitzel Lecture. |
03 | Analysis 2000 : Challenges and Opportunities. Lynn Steen (2000) |
03 | Reflections on Mathematical Patterns, Relationships, and Functions. Steen (1998) Minnesota K-12 Mathematics Framework, SciMath-MN |
03 | A Conversation about Quantitative Literacy. Bernie Madison and Lynn Steen interview each other. Numeracy (2009) |
03 | Steen (2000) reviews Dewdney: A Mathematical Mystery Tour. Notices of the AMS |
03 | Facing Facts: Achieving Balance in High School Mathematics. Lynn Steen (2007) Mathematics Teacher |
03 | How Mathematics Counts by Lynn Steen (2007) ASCD. |
03 | [16 more papers by Lynn Steen added to StatLit.org that need to be entered here] |
03 | Schield Sample Bios by Length (2016) |
03 | Downs Syndrome by Birth Order and Mother's Age by Milo Schield Slides PPTX March 20, 2017 |
03 | Mathematics and Numeracy: Two Literacies, One Language by Lynn Steen (2001) |
02 | Statistical Significance: A simple sufficient condition for Skew2 by Milo Schield. Research Paper. |
02 | Updating the GAISE College Report: A Survey. Michelle Everson (2015), Chair. ASA. |
01 | Evaluating Some Popular Introductory Statistics Textbooks by Halvorsen, Lubecke, Whittinghill, Yates and McKenzie. ASA JSM Fall 2016 |
01 | Correlation analysis: influence of 3rd variable on R^2 and R(Y,X1|X2) by Milo Schield (2017) |
01 | Evaluating Some Popular Introductory Applied Statistics Textbooks by Halvorsen et al. (2016) ASA |
01 | Offering Stat 102: Social Statistics for Decision Makers by Milo Schield. IASE Roundtable, Berlin. |
New Papers Listed in 2016 (By month added. Year is when paper was published)
12 | Student Survey Results for MIS264 D1 Fall 2016. Stat 102 versus Stat 101 Course Compare. by Milo Schield, Augsburg College. Fall 2016 |
12 | Excel2013: Create centered stacked 100% bar charts for ordinal data with even & odd # choices. by Milo Schield Results |
12 | Effect size really does matter by Jeffrey Witmer, Oberlin College ASA JSM Fall 2016 |
12 | Type & Quality of Graphs Used in the ASA/NCTM Annual Poster Competition (2013-2016) by Symanzik, Robbins and Heiberger. ASA JSM Fall 2016. |
12 | Student Ratings of the Utility of Key Concepts in Introductory Statistics by Rossi Hassad ASA/JSM Fall, 2016, Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York |
12 | Students’ performance and attitudes towards a flipped classroom for introductory statistics. Carl Lee, Central Michigan U., Mt. Pleasant, MI ASA/JSM |
12 | Incorporating Visual Literacy Standards in an Introductory Statistics Course. Jill Young, Claudia Ruediger. SE Missouri State U., Cape Girardeau, MO ASA/JSM |
12 | P-Values and the Likelihood Principle by Andrew Neath, ASA/JSM Fall 2015. Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL. |
12 | The Evaluation of a Pedagogical Tool for Quantitative Literacy by Gerald Iacullo, ASA/JSM Fall 2016. Berkeley College, NY, NY |
12 | Do the Write Thing: Bolstering Student Comprehension in Introductory Statistics by Bernard L. Dillard, ASA/JSM 2016. Fashion Institute of Technology. |
12 | Restructuring Introductory Statistics Courses to Free Class Time ... by Bonnie Moon, Craig Johnson and Ryan Cromar. ASA/JSM Fall 2016 BYU-Idaho |
12 | Why Election Polls Are Often Wrong. Schield CTC Slides. Why Clinton Lost (Trump Won) Slides CTC. Exit Poll Data. Calculate Chance of Winning |
10 | Offering STAT 102: Social Statistics for Decision Makers. Schield IASE Roundtable in Berlin. July, 2016. |
10 | Augsburg Student Evaluations of STAT 102: Social Statistics for Decision Makers. Schield ASA JSM. Aug, 2016 |
09 | Surveys and Margin of Error by Milo Schield Technical Paper Slides Classifying Studies by Schield Technical Paper Slides |
09 | Politics & Policies: What can statistics tell us? API-205 by Deborah Hughes Hallett 2016. Harvard Kennedy. Course Full syllabus Syllabus (topics only) |
09 | 1999 Survey form Statistical Literacy Topics: What should be taught? Survey form by Milo Schield |
09 | 1999 Slides Statistical Literacy. Talk by Milo Schield at Univ. of Wollongong, Australia |
09 | 1998 Slides Evidential Statistics. Talk by Milo Schield at ASA JSM. |
09 | 1998 Slides Teaching Introductory Statistics to College Students. Talk by Milo Schield at Univ. of Xian, China |
09 | 1998 Slides Probability: Classical and Bayesian. Talk by Milo Schield at Univ. of Northern Iowa |
08 | Student Survey Results by Milo Schield, Augsburg College MIS 264 D3 Fall 2016 PDF |
08 | Logistic Regression: Comparing MLE with OLS1 (with “nudge”) by Milo Schield Technical Paper Fall 2016 Slides Demo Excel |
08 | Q/L and Statistical Literacy by Milo Schield Panel presentation MAA MathFest Fall 2016. Slides Audio |
07 | Confounding — A Big Idea by Milo Schield ASA JSM Fall 2016. Slides Audio |
07 | IASE Roundtable: Schield Workshop. Day 2: Slides 2A 2B 2C. Audio: 2A (Social Statistics) 2B (Confounding) 2C (Inference) July 2016 |
06 | 2016 IASE Roundtable Detailed Schedule by Milo Schield |
06 | Excerpts from “What Should [College] Graduates Know?” by N. Lemann (2016) Dean Emeritus Columbia. Excerpted by M. Schield. |
06 | Statistical Literacy at Augsburg by Milo Schield (2016) |
06 | Modelling statistically significant Skewness in samples from a Normal Population (Excel 2013). Output Milo Schield (2016) |
06 | Sampling distribution of skewness from a Normal population. (Excel 2013, n=10): Output Milo Schield |
06 | Averaging Log-Normal Losses as a function of the number of losses. Output Milo Schield (2016) |
05 | Sum of K Identical Log-Normals (Excel 2013): Output Milo Schield |
05 | Product of Two Random Variables: Normal and Log-Normal Output; Both log-Normal Output Milo Schield (2016) |
04 | Treating Ordinal Scales as Ordinal Scales. Thomas R. Knapp 1993 Nursing Research |
04 | Treating Ordinal Scales as Interval Scales: An Attempt to Resolve the Controversy. Thomas R. Knapp 1990 Nursing Research |
04 | 2016 JSM Schield-selected papers and sessions |
04 | 2016 JSM Schedule for Sessions sponsored by Section on Statistical Education (single line headings on a single page) |
04 | 2016Q1: Research Gate Citation statistics for selected statistical educators. 2016Q1: Research-Gate Citation statistics for Schield papers. |
03 | Show smaller SE for stratified than for simple random sample by Milo Schield (2016) |
03 | Use Excel to create Ranks and Percentiles from data by Milo Schield (2016) |
01 | Big Ideas for Introductory Statistics by Milo Schield. Paper proposal (Title and abstract) submitted for 2016 JSM |
01 | Logistic Regression Using Excel by Milo Schield. Virtual poster proposal for 2016 eCOTS [Rejected] |
01 | Evidential Statistics by Milo Schield. MSMESB 1998 |
01 | Mean-Median-Compare in Excel by Milo Schield. Excel (*.xlsx) worksheet 2016 |
New Papers Listed in 2015 (By month added. Year is when paper was published)
12 | Statistics in Economics by Peter Holmes. 1987 OCR version |
12 | What Does “100% Juice” Mean? Exploring Adult Learners Informal Knowledge of Percent by Ginsburg, Gal and Schuh (1995) NCAL Technical Report TR95-06 |
12 | Statistical Tools and Statistical Literacy: The Case of the Average by Iddo Gal (1994) Teaching Statistics, 17(3), 97-99. Published online in 2002. |
12 | Adult's statistical literacy: meanings, components, responsibility (with discussion and response) by Iddo Gal (2002) International Statistical Review |
12 | Using Geometry to Visualize ... Correlation and Regression by Kyle Nickodem, Ernest C. Davenport, Ph.D., Qinjun Wang and Steven Culpepper, Ph.D. |
12 | Lynn Steen Eulogy by Milo Schield. 2015 |
11 | Statistical Literacy, QR and QL by Milo Schield. 1997 Working paper |
11 | Median Overlap, Misclassification and R-squared by Milo Schield. 1997 Working paper |
11 | Working Paper: Review of Fischbein-Schnarch by Milo Schield. 1997 RSSCSE. Suggested by Anne Hawkins. |
11 | 2015 GAISE Update: Survey Michelle Everson, Committee Chair. 2015 |
11 | IASE 2016 Roundtable: Workshop Proposal Milo Schield. 2015 Accepted. |
10 | US 2015 Wholesale Inventory-Sales Ratios: Four Graphs Collected by Milo Schield. 2015 |
10 | Modeling Logistic Regression using MLE in Excel 2013. Milo Schield 2015. 1A: Output Slides Input |
10 | Modeling Logistic Regression using OLS in Excel 2013. Milo Schield 2015. 1A: Output Slides Input. 1C: Output Slides Input |
10 | Confounding variables in epidemiologic studies: Basics and Beyond by Farin Kamangar in the 2012 Archives of Iranian Medicine. |
10 | 1928 Moccasin Yearbook Morris Agricultural School in Morris MN. Wilbur Schield |
09 | Statistical Inference for Managers Milo Schield. 2015 ASA JSM Slides |
09 | Current Landscape of Business Analytics and Data Science by Amy Phelps and Kathryn Szabat. 2015 ASA JSM slides |
09 | Prevalence of Statistical Terms in the Harvard Business Review. Milo Schield (Data only). |
09 | Data Science: Statistics or Computer Science Timothy Kyng, Anyse Bilgin and Busayasachee Puang-Ngern. 2015 IASE Slides |
08 | Editorial [banning NHST] by David Trafimow and Michael Marks in Basic and Applied Social Psychology [BASP], 37:1–2, 2015 |
08 | Planning an Academic Analytics Program by Amy Phelps, Szabat and Knape. 2015 USCOTS Slides |
07 | New StatLit.org web page for Jerome Cornfield Added July 19, 2015. |
07 | US Treasury Income Mobility Study US Internal Revenue Service 2008. |
07 | Chocolate Faster Weight-Loss Hoax by John Bohannon “I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here's How” |
07 | Statistical Modelling: Two Cultures by Leo Breiman in 2001 Statistical Science. |
07 | Problems with Using the Normal Distribution — and Ways to Improve Quality and Efficiency of Data Analysis by Eckhard Limpert and Werner Stahel. PLOS One 2011. |
07 | Log-normal Distributions across the Sciences: Keys and Clues by Eckhard Limpert, Werner Stahel and Markus Abbt. 2001 Bioscience Vol. 51 #5, P341-352 and Errata. |
07 | The Lognormal Distribution (Excerpts: P 12 and 111-113) by Aitchison and Brown 1957 |
06 | Lynn Steen Obituary June 21, 2015 Schield Eulogy to Lynn Steen Added content to the Lynn Steen page. |
06 | Statistical Errors by Regina Nuzzo in Nature Vol 506 Feb 13, 2014 PDF |
06 | Aliens cause Global Warming by Michael Crichton (2001) CalTech' Pdf Rejoinder by Alden Griffin 2011. |
06 | Your Demand for Statistical Proof is Racist by Candice Lanius. Cyborgology 1/12/2015. “demand for statistical proof is blatant distrust of someone’s lived experience” |
06 | Are You Smarter than an 8th Grader by Nicholas Kristof NY Times Apr 25, 2015. “Statistical literacy should be part of every citizen’s tool kit” PDF |
06 | RSS: Call for Grant Ideas by Royal Statistical Society (RSS UK). Jun 9, 2015. Suggestions due by end of July 2015. PDF |
05 | What is Wrong with THE Introductory Statistics Course by Milo Schield. 2015 USCOTS |
05 | USCOTS 2015 Statistical Literacy Roundtable: Questions and Answers by Milo Schield |
05 | Translating Words into Algebra. Posted at Leeward CC Hawaii 2008 |
05 | A Longitudinal Study of Pupils' Probability Concepts by David Green. 1990 ICOTS. |
04 | Statisticians: Making our World a Better Place (4.5 minute video) by Milo Schield. 4/2015 USCOTS 6up 1up Text |
04 | Comments on Control-Group Dropout in the First HIV-AIDS Drug Trial using AZT by Simon. EdStat List 2013. |
04 | 2014 Movie Viewings vs. Box-Office Revenues 2/2015 News story |
04 | Causal-Impact: Estimating Causal Impact in Time Series by Google 2014. |
04 | Schield's Nomination Packet for 2015 USCOTS Lifetime Achievement Award by Lesser, Kaplan and Moreno. USCOTS 2015. Nomination only |
04 | Schield Submission for Judea Pearl's Causality Prize for Best Course on Causality by Schield 2/2015 |
03 | Coincidences are more likely than you think: The Birthday Paradox. by Carla Santos and Cristina Dias, PT. Slides 7/2014. Statistics & Math Sciences Workshop |
03 | NAS/NRC Assessing the Reproducibility of Scientific Results workshop agenda Feb 26-27/2015 in Washington DC. Results |
03 |
Of P-Values and Bayes: A Modest Proposal
by Steven N. Goodman (2001) Epidemiology.
[transition from P-value to minimum Bayes factor] Probable Cause by Selke |
03 | Calibration of p Values for Testing Precise Null Hypotheses by Sellke, Bayarri, and Berger 2001 American Statistician 55,1 p. 62-71. 1987 Berger-Selke |
03 | Difficulty Replicating Stereotype Threat and Women's Math Performance at Replication Index 2015 |
03 | Amazing Coincidences [Author unknown] Summarized from web in 2015. |
03 | Seven Wild Historical Coincidences [Author unknown] Summarized from web in 2015. |
03 | Workshop Agenda: Reproducibility of Scientific Results NSA/NRC Washington DC. Speakers include John Ioannidis and Mark Liberman. Overview. |
03 | Why Black English Does Not Add Up by Joan Countryman (1987). Review of Eleanor Wilson's “Twice as Less: Black English and the Performance of Black Students” |
03 | Twice as Less by Milton Chen (1987). Review of Eleanor Wilson's “Twice as Less: Black English and the Performance of Black Students” |
03 | Eleanor Wilson: RIP 1927-2008 Author of “Twice as Less: Black English and the Performance of Black Students” 2008 Washington Post obituary |
03 | Eleanor Wilson: RIP 1927-2008 Author of “Twice as Less: Black English and the Performance of Black Students” 2008 Hawthorne School obituary |
03 | Download Twice as Less (2nd ed.) by Eleanor Wilson |
02 | Statistical Significance Shortcuts by Milo Schield. Stat-Chat slides 2/24/2015 Papers: Chi-sq Relative Risk RR Calculator |
02 | Schield talks by location. Talks outside the US. |
02 | Schield's JSM Sessions involving Statistical Literacy. Presenters by year. |
02 | The metaphysical and epistemic status of Chance. E-mail from Schield to William Briggs, February 2015. |
02 | From epidemiological association to causation by Wakeford and McElvenny in Occupational Medicine 57:464-465. doi:10.1093/occmed/kqu088 |
02 | Citations involving Statistical Literacy as of December 2014 by Google Scholar |
01 | The Grenada Conjectures by Milo Schield. Slides from a talk delivered at the University of Grenada on January 18, 2001. |
01 | The Peter Holmes Prize for Best Article in Teaching Statistics in 2013. Teaching Statistics. |
01 | The Impact of Computers on School Statistics Teaching by Peter Holmes. ICOTS 1986 |
01 | Meet Common Core Standards with Statistics. Posted by Jeff Wyman on November 13th, 2014. Copy |
01 | 1964 US Surgeon General's Report AP News. |
01 | 2002 History of Confounding by Jay P. Vandenbroucke. From The History of Epidemiology. SPM47, p. 216-224. [Excellent review of Cornfield's contributions] |
01 | Social Psychologist Stapel fakes data. 2011 Gonzales blog. |
01 | Statistical Literacy Guide by Paul Bolton. 2010 UK House of Commons. Web |
01 | UNECE Making Data Meaningful: Guide to Statistical Literacy. By Vitor Isakev. 2011 Slides. |
01 | UNECE Making Data Meaningful: Part 4 Statistical Literacy. 2011. [Includes a paragraph on this website] |
01 |
SIGMAA-Quantitative Literacy 2014 Newsletter.
Estimation by Grawe; Reality Math by Sulock; Math & Social Justice by Karaali/Khadjavi; What next by Piercey. |
01 | Pearl 2015 Causality Award: Call for Nominations. by ASA |
New Papers Listed in 2014 (By month added. Year is when paper was published)
12 | Vast Majority of statistical analysis will not be performed by statisticians June 14, 2013. Simply Statistics. |
12 | Simpson's Paradox in Psychological Science: a practical guide by Kievit, Frankenhuis, Waldorp and Borsboom. Frontiers in Psychology. V 4; Article 513, Aug 2013 |
12 | Statistical Literacy Explained by Paul Hewson in Teaching Statistics, p. 982. Feb 1. 2013 |
12 | Headlines in a Mathematically-Literate World by Ben Orlin in the Huffington Post, Dec 4, 2013. Checkout Orlin's blog (mathwithbaddrawings.com) |
12 | RSS GetStats Statistical Literacy Campaign and Initiatives. 2014 Royal Statistical Society. Also: Statistical Knowledge, Board Members, Importance of Statistics. |
12 | 2013 ASA News: Causality in Statistics Education Award 2013 ASA JSM. |
12 | 2013 AMSTAT: Causality in Statistics Education Award 2013 ASA JSM. |
12 | Big Data and Big Business: Should Statisticians Join In? by David Walker and Kaiser Fung. 2013 Significance Magazine |
12 | SIGMAA-QL 2013 Newsletter. Bennet: Writing a math book for the general public. |
12 | Bayes: Why Bother by Thomas Louis, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg SPH. Slides |
12 | Single World Intervention Graphs (SWIGS) by James Robbins and Thomas Richardson. NCSU. July 2013. Created by Miguel Hernán. Slides |
11 | Causal Impact: Estimating Causal Effects in Time Series. Google 11/2014 |
11 | SERJ: Call for papers on Statistical Literacy. 2014 Statistics Education Research Journal. |
08 | Simpson's Paradox (Problem 30) in Classic Problems in Probability by Prakash Gorroochurn 2012 Wiley. |
08 | Top 30 Learning Goals for Introductory Sociology by Caroline Persell in Teaching Sociology 2010 One-Page List |
08 | Social Science Reasoning and Quantitative Literacy Learning Goals by Susan Caulfield & Caroline Persell in Teaching Sociology 2006 One-Page List |
07 | Odyssey: A Journey to Lifelong Statistical Literacy Schield ICOTS 2014 Slides |
05 | Two Big Ideas for Teaching Big Data: Coincidence and Confounding by Milo Schield 2014 ECOTS Webinar. Slides. Panel slides |
04 | Teaching Big Data by Sigman, DSI Magazine |
01 | Dynamic Visualization of Economic Indicators by Katherine Jenny Thompson and Mark E. Wallace. U.S. Census Bureau. ASA 2013. |
01 | Fusion and causal analysis in big marketing data sets by Igor Mandel ASA 2013. |
01 | Reality Checks for a Distributional Assumption: The Case of “Benford’s Law” by William Goodman ASA 2013. |
01 | Challenging Statistical Claims in the Media Course and Gender Effects , Rose Martinez-Dawson ASA 2013 Abstract Audio 1up 6up |
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International Statistical Literacy Project
(International Association of Statistical Educators)
Leaders
- Enhancing Statistical Literacy: Enriching Our Society by Katherine Wallman, 1992 Presidential Address, JASA 1993
- The First R -- For Reasoning by Anne Hawkins (Past Director of the RSS Centre for Statistical Education) 1997
- Teaching Statistical Literacy by Dennis Haack in Teaching Statistics, Vol. 1.3, pp 74-76
- A Note on Teaching Statistical Literacy by Dennis Haack in Teaching Statistics, Vol. 2.1, pp 22-23
David S. Moore (Past President of the American Statistical Association)
- Statistics and Sound Bites: Statistical Literacy and the Internet 1999 US Bureau of the Census
- Statistics Among the Liberal Arts 1998 ASA Presidential Address JASA
- Statistical Literacy and Statistical Competence in the 21st Century 1997 ASA JSM (slides)
- Statistical Literacy and Statistical Competence in the 21st Century 1998 MSMESB Conference (Abstract)
- Statistical Literacy and Statistical Competence in the New Century 2001 IASE Korea (slides)
Lynn Steen (Past President of Mathematics Association of America)
- Quantitative Literacy: Why Numeracy Matters for Schools and Colleges. MAA Online
- Quantitative Literacy. 2002 Focus, Newsletter of MAA, Feb 2002, Volume 22, #2, pp. 8-9
- Reflections on Quantitative Literacy. 2001 PKAL
- The New Literacy in Why Numbers Count
- Why Numbers Count: Quantitative Literacy for Tomorrow's America. MAA 1998
Bernie Madison (Founder of the National Numeracy Network, Past-President of the National Council of Education and the Disciplines)
- Quantitative Literacy: An Imperative for America by Bernie Madison. Slides presented at Ohio State 2009.
- Q/L in America: What Kind, How Much and Beyond by Bernie Madison 2008
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Evolution of Numeracy and the National Numeracy Network
by Bernard L. Madison and Lynn Arthur Steen, Numeracy, Vol. 1 (2008), Issue 1, Article 2.
Abstract: The National Numeracy Network grew from heightened awareness of the complex and sophisticated nature of quantitative literacy and the resulting need for interdisciplinary attention to education for quantitative literacy in schools and colleges. This complexity and sophistication applies especially to the US where it is fueled by an agile economy and the needs of a democratic society. This paper describes the environment surrounding the National Numeracy Network’s establishment, some of its activities, and some complementary and synergistic actions by other professional societies. The paper concludes with a sample of quantitative literacy programs in colleges and universities. - Pedagogical Challenges of Quantitative Literacy. 2006 ASA. Slides 6up
- Building Bridges for QL: NNN & SIGMAA QL. MAA News May 2005
- What is a Course in QL? 2005 NNN Newsletter
- News Math Course Description and Procedures 2005 Univ. Arkansas. Posted on NNN website.
- Quantitative Literacy based on presentation at 2005 MAA QL SIG
- Important Math Concepts for Numeracy based on presentation at 2005 MAA
- Educating for Numeracy. 2002 Notices of the American Mathematical Society
Richard Scheaffer (Past-President of the American Statistical Association in 2001)
- Statistics and Quantitative Literacy from QL: Why Numeracy Matters for Schools and Colleges 2003 MAA Online. Also
- Quantitative Literacy and Statistics. 2001 AmStat News, Nov. 293, President's Column
Joel Best (University of Delaware): Author of Damned Lies and Statistics and More Damned Lies and Statistics.
- Birds — Dead and Deadly: Why Quantitative Literacy needs to Address Social Construction 2008 Numeracy, Volume 1. Issue 1, Article 6.
- Including Construction in Quantitative Literacy 2007 Midwest Sociology Society (MSS)
- People Count: The Social Construction of Statistics 8/2002 ASA JSM
- People Count: The Social Construction of Statistics 11/2002 Talk at Augsburg College
- Although the two with the same title are similar, the latter focuses more on the future of Statistical Literacy.
Peter Holmes (Sr. Researcher, RSS Centre for Statistical Education, Nottingham Trent Univ.)
- Statistical Literacy, Numeracy and the Future. Talk at Augsburg College 31 March 2003
- Statistical Needs of Non-Specialists Young Workers. RSS Centre (1981)
Iddo Gal (former co-director of the Numeracy Project at the National Center for Adult Literacy)
- Preparing for Diversity in Statistical Literacy by Scott Murray and Iddo Gal, ICOTS-6 2006
- Big Picture: What does “Numeracy” Mean? GED Items published by the Educational Testing Service
- Functional demands of Statistical Literacy: Ability to read press releases from statistical agencies IASE Berlin 2003
- Expanding Conceptions of Statistical Literacy: Analysis of Products from Statistical Agencies , Statistics Educ. Research Jrnl, 2(1) 2003
- Gal, I. (2002). Dispositional aspects of coping with interpretive numeracy tasks. Literacy and Numeracy Studies, 11(2), 7-61.
- Numeracy Assessment Framework for Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey by Iddo Gal, Mieke van Groenestijn, Myrna Manly, Mary Jane Schmitt and Dave Tout. ALL Survey, National Center Educational Statistics, 2003
- Teaching for Statistical Literacy and Services of Statistical Agencies, The American Statistician, 2003, Vol. 57 #2, pp 80-84. Detailed review below.
- Adults’ Statistical Literacy: Meaning Components & Responsibilities. International Statistical Review, Vol. 70, #1, April 2002, pp 1-25 “This paper concerns itself with people's ability to act as effective ‘data consumers’ in diverse life contexts that for brevity are termed here Reading contexts. Reading contexts should be distinguished from enquiry context where people (e.g., students, statisticians) engage in empirical investigation of actual data.” This article proposes a conceptualization of statistical literacy and describes its key components including the ability to interpret, critically evaluate, and communicate about statistical information and messages. Despite its title, this article is very relevant to statistical literacy at all levels. “It is argued that statistically literate behavior is predicated on the joint activation of five interrelated knowledge bases (literacy, statistical, mathematical, context, and critical), together with a cluster of supporting dispositions and enabling beliefs. Educational and research implications are discussed, and responsibilities facing educators, statisticians, and other stakeholders are outlined.” (p. 1 of article). Note: Because of the importance of this article to the International Statistical Literacy Project, the ISI Permanent Office and the author have given permission to have a copy of the article available.
- 2000: Statistical literacy: Conceptual and instructional issues by Iddo Gal in D. Coben, J. O'Donoghue, & G. FitzSimons, (Eds.), Perspectives on Adults Learning Mathematics (pp. 135-150). London: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- Gal, I. (2000). The numeracy challenge. In I. Gal (Ed.), Adult Numeracy Development: Theory, research, practice (pp. 9-31).
- Monitoring Attitudes and Beliefs in Statistics Education by Gal, Ginsburg & Schau, Assessment Challenge in Stats Education 37-54 1997
- Gal, I. (1999) Conceptualizing Statistical Literacy: An Assessment Perspective. SRTL-1
- Gal, I. (1999). Links between literacy and numeracy. In D. A. Wagner, B. Street, & R. L. Venezky (Eds.), Literacy: An international handbook (pp. 227-231). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
- Gal, I and J. Garfield. Curricular Goals and Assessment Challenges in Statistics Education The Assessment Challenge in Statistics Education
- Gal, Iddo and Ashley Stoudt. Numeracy: Becoming Literate With Numbers. Adult Learning, 9:2 (1997) 13.
- Gal, I., & Baron, J. (1996). Understanding repeated simple choices. Thinking and Reasoning, 2(1), 1-18.
- Gal, I., Ginsburg, L., & Schau, C. (1997). Monitoring attitudes and beliefs in statistics education. In I. Gal & J. B. Garfield (Eds.), The assessment challenge in statistics education (pp. 37-51). Amsterdam: IOS Press.
- Gal, I., Mahoney, P., & Moore, S. (1992). Children's use of statistical terms. In W. Geeslin & Graham K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 16th annual meeting of the International Group for Psychology in Mathematics Education (Vol. 3, p. 160). Durham, New Hampshire.
Jane Watson (author of Statistical Literacy at School ) Awards Website
- Statistical literacy in the middle school: The relationship between interest, self-efficacy and prior mathematics achievement. Colin Carmichael, R. Callingham, I Hay, J. Watson. Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology. Vol 10, 2010, pp. 83-93.
- Measuring Middle School Students' Interest in Statistical literacy. Colin Carmichael, R. Callingham, I Hay, J. Watson. Math Ed Research Jrnl V22, N3, 11/2010.
- Creating a Measure of Middle School Students' Interest in Statistical Literacy: Is it Possible?, Mathematics Education Research Journal V22, N3, Nov. 2010.
- Factors Influencing the Development of Middle School Students' Interest in Statistical Literacy Colin Carmichael, R. Callingham, J. Watson, I Hay. SERJ 2009.
- Creating a Measure of Middle School Students' Interest in Statistical Literacy: Is it Possible?, Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium, 2009, Hong Kong, pp. 1-5. ISBN 008044184-X
- Which is bigger 250 tonnes or 17%: A tale of salt. Jane Watson and Kim Beswick AAMT 2009
- Sample, Random and Variation: The Vocabulary of Statistical Literacy by Watson & Kelley. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education 2007/8
- Statistical Literacy in Middle Schools. Jane Watson ICOTS 2006
- Measuring Statistical Literacy (Abstract) Rosemary Callingham and Jane Watson 2005 Journal of Applied Measurement.
- Statistical Literacy: From Idiosyncratic to Critical Thinking. Watson & Callingham. 2004 IASE Roundtable, 47 pages [6 levels]
- The Measurement of Student's Understanding of Statistical Variation. (Abstract) Watson, Kelley, Callingham & Shaughnessy 2004
- Is Statistical Literacy Relevant for Middle School? Jane Watson 2004
- The Development of Comprehension of Chance Language: Evaluation and Interpretation. J. Watson, J. B. Moritz. School Science and Mathematics. 2/2003
- The Vocabulary of Statistical Literacy. Jane Watson and Ben Kelley AARE 2003
- Statistical Literacy: A complex hierarchical concept Jane Watson and Rosemary Callingham SERJ 2003 [Six levels]
- Statistical Literacy at the School Level: What Should Students Know and Do? Jane Watson IASE 2003
- Development of Understanding of sampling for statistical literacy Watson and Moritz Jrnl. of Mathematical Behavior 2000
- The Beginning of Statistical inference: Comparing Two Data Sets (Abstract) Watson and Moritz Educational Studies in Math 1998
- Assessment of Statistical Understanding in a Media Context Jane Watson ICOTS 1998
- The Need for Statistical Literacy in Australia by Jane Watson Science News 1997
- The role of statistical literacy in decisions about risk: Where to start in For the Learning of Mathematics, 18(3), 25-27. 1998
- Assessing statistical literacy using the media in Gal & Garfield (Eds.) The Assessment Challenge in Stat Education (pp. 107-121). 1997
- Statistical literacy: A link between mathematics and society in A. Richards, G. Gillman, K. Milton, & J. Oliver (Eds.), Flair: Forging links and integrating resources (Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc., pp. 12-28). Adelaide, SA: AAMT, Inc. [1995 Hanna Neumann Memorial Lecture].
- Conditional probability: Its place in the mathematics curriculum. Mathematics Teacher, 88, 12-17. 1995
- OTHER (1995 and prior)
- A model for assessing higher order thinking in statistics
- Cautionary Tales: A Collection of Mathematical Essays for Teachers
- Children's understanding of luck
- Developmental structure in the understanding of common and decimal fractions
- Probability and statistics: An overview
- Professional Development in Mathematics for Teachers — Who, What, Why and How
- Teacher attitudes towards chance and data
- The developments of concepts associated with sampling in grades 3, 5, 7, and 9
- Visual Processing During Mathematical Problem Solving
- What's in a graph?
Jerry Moreno (John Carroll University)
- What do M&M's, dahlias, soil erosion and data analysis across the curriculum have in common?. 2006 ASA
- What defines a "Statistically Literate" citizen. 2005 USCOTS
- Concepts and Methods in One Intro Stats Course. 2004 ASA
- Toward a Statistically Literate Citizenry: What Statistics Everyone Should Know. ICOTS-6 2002
- Statistical Literacy — Statistics Long After School. ICOTS-5 1997
Deborah Rumsey (Ohio State University)
- “Statistical Literacy: Implications for Teaching, Research, and Practice,” 2002 International Statistical Review, 70, 32–36.
- “ Statistical Literacy as a Goal for Introductory Statistics Courses,” Journal of Statistics Education, 2002. 10(3)
Neil Lutsky and Nathan Grawe (Carleton College, US)
- “Assessing Quantitative Reasoning in Student Writing: A QuIRKy Experience,” Nathan Grawe, 2008 New England Educational Assessment Network. 6up
- Quirks of Rhetoric: a Quantitative Analysis of Quantitative Reasoning in Student Writing. Neil Lutsky (Carleton College)
Donna Stroup, Richard Goodman, Ralph Cordell and Richard Scheaffer
- Teaching Statistical Principles Using Epidemiology. The American Statistician
- 2004 (Pay Access) From Abstract: “we argue that epidemiology, the scientific basis for public health, provides a useful and motivating context for teaching statistical principles and methods and suggest that examples from this and other public health sciences be used in the teaching of mathematics and science courses in high school and college.”
Related papers involving “Statistical Literacy”:
- Organizing Data in Tables and Charts: Different Criteria for Different Tasks. Jane Miller, Teaching Statistics (Fall, 2007)
- Briggs' QL/QR Site William Briggs, co-author of Statistical Reasoning for Life
- How did Teaching Introductory Statistics get to be so Complicated ?!? Roxy Peck, USCOTS 2005 1upWeb
- Data Aggregation and Simpson's Paradox in Index Numbers (Fee) Stan Lipovetsky & Micheal Conklin, Eur. J. of Op. Res., 172#1. 2004
- Three Paradoxes Howard Wainer, Nat. Bd of Medical Examiners. Draft of Paper for The American Statistician 2004
- Statistical Literacy — A Kind of Numeracy by Laszlo Holka (Hungarian Central Statistical Office)
- Introductory Statistics Teaching at UCLA: Overview and Proposal by Jan De Leuw and Donald Ylvisaker
- Developing a Compulsory University-wide Statistical Literacy Program by Helen Carter and Catherine Milne 2000 Abstract Conference
- Teaching Statistical Literacy by Patricia B. Cerrito 1999
- Epidemiology Faces Its Limits (copy) by Gary Taubes: Science (1995: 269. pp 164-169). Biostatistics-Wisconsin.
- The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement: Guidelines for Reporting Observational Studies by Erik von Elm.
- Instructional Design and the Development of Statistical Literacy Kenneth Bessant in Teaching Sociology, April 1992
Related papers at ASA JSM 2008:
- Common Issues in SATS Research by Candace Schau 2008 ASA
- Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics: An Exploratory Look by Marjorie Bond 2008 ASA
- Students’ Attitudes Toward Statistics: Are there differences among various majors? by Rebecca Pierce and Molly Jameson 2008 ASA
- Understanding the Difficulty in Teaching Sampling Distribution, Margin of Error and Statistical Inference by Kriska, Fulcomer and Sass 2008 ASA
- Applying Resampling to Analyze the Sensitivity of a Hypothesis Test to Confounding by William Goodman 2008 ASA
Related papers at ASA JSM 2007:
- Expectations for Statistical Literacy: A Survey Of College Faculty by David Kriska (Walden U.), Mark Fulcomer (Stockton) & Marcia Sass (UMD-NJ), 2007 ASA
- Students’ Reasoning about Summary Measures from Histograms and Stem-and-Leaf Plots by Linda Cooper and Felice Shore (Towson University), 2007 ASA
- Improving Statistical Posters by Di Cook (Iowa State University), 2007 ASA
Related papers at IASE 2007 Guimarães, Portugal.
- Assess Statistical Literacy by Stephanie Budgett and Maxine Pfannkuch. 2007 IASE
- Building Statistical Literacy Assessment Tools with the IASE ISLP by Juana Sanchez. 2007 IASE
- Designing Open Questions for the Assessment of Conceptual Understanding by Nick Broers. 2007 IASE
- Embedding Statistical Assessment within Cross-Curricular Materials by Jim Ridgway, James Nicholson and Sean McCusker 2007 IASE
- Assessing Understanding of the Concept of Interaction in Analysis of Variance by Kathy Green 2007 IASE
- Using Peer Assessment of Project Presentations to Develop Skills as Consumers of Statistical Information by Michelle Sisto. 2007 IASE
- Doing Statistics versus Understanding Statistics by Christine Duller 2007 IASE/ISI
Related papers at ICOTS-7 2006 Brazil:
- The Worth of Data: The Tale of an Experience for Promoting and Improving Statistical Literacy , Giovanni Barbieri and Paola Giacché
Related papers at ASA JSM 2006:
- Expectations for Statistical Literacy: A Comparison among Professions by Kriska, Fulcomer and Sass. 2006 ASA
Related papers at ASA JSM 2005:
- Matching with Multiple Control Groups, and Adjusting for Group Differences by Rubin and Stuart 2005 ASA
- Direct and Indirect Effects by Judea Pearl 2005 ASA
- Comments on the Papers Presented in the Session on Causal Inference with Problematic Control Groups by Gastwirth 2005 ASA
- Critical Values: Connecting Ethics, Service Learning and Social Justice to Life Our World by Lesser 2005 ASA
- Reflections on Training, Experience and Introductory Statistics: A Mini Survey of Tertiary Level Statistics Instructors Hassad 2005 ASA
- Examining the Introductory Statistics Course for Business and Economics Through Its Textbooks by McKenzie 2005 ASA
Related papers at USCOTS 2005:
- Are We Teaching the Right Material in Introductory Statistics? by Jerry Reiter. 2005 USCOTS
- What defines a "Statistically Literate" citizen? by Jerry Moreno. 2005 USCOTS
- Statistics in the News by E. Jacquelin Dietz. 2005 USCOTS
Related papers at ISI 55 (2005):
- UIS: Measuring Statistical Literacy by Denise Lievesley, 2005 ISI
- Statistics for Life: What Statistical Ideas Matter Most and Why? by Nick Fisher, 2005 ISI
- Assessing statistical literacy in graduate level statistics education by Enriqueta D. Reston, 2005 ISI
- Numeracy Counts in the Statistical Reasoning Equation by Therese Wilson and Helen MacGillivray, 2005 ISI
- Non-specialist Users and their Information Needs: Exploratory study at US Bureau of Labor Statistics by Iddo Gal & John Bosley, 2005 ISI
- The Role of Official Statistics Agencies in the Promotion of Statistical Literacy Among Students by Fredrick W H Ho, 2005 ISI
Related papers at ASA JSM 2004:
- Conveying the Core Concepts by John D. McKenzie, ASA 2004
- Trashball: A Logistic Regression Classroom Activity by Christopher Morell and Richard Auer, ASA 2004
- Using Journal Articles in Introductory Statistics by John Turner ASA 2004
- History of Science and Statistical Education: Examples from Fisherian and Pearsonian schools by Chung Ho Yu (Alex) Arizona State, ASA 2004
Related papers at ASA JSM 2003:
- Student Attitudes: The Other Important Outcome in Statistical Education by Candace Schau ASA 2003
- Some Difficulties Learning Histograms by Carl Lee and Maria Meletiou-Mavrotheris ASA 2003
- Teaching Introductory Statistics in the Social & Behavioral Sciences by Hassad ASA 2003
- Restructuring Introductory Courses at Penn State by Harkness, Buchanan, Heckard and Rosenberger ASA 2003
Related papers at IASE 2001:
- Statistical Literacy and Statistical Competence in the New Century by David Moore IASE 2001 Slides
- Statistics Literacy by Brian Phillips IASE 2001 Slides
Related papers at ISI 2001:
- Statistical Dead Heat and the Mass Media Douglas Lonnstrom (Siena College in Loudonville NY), 2001 ISI
- Introductory Statistics Courses for Non-Statistics Majors at Colleges and Universities by P. K. Ito, 2001 ISI.
Larry Lesser
- Representations of Reversal: Exploring Simpson's Paradox. In Albert A. Cuoco and Frances R. Curcio (Eds.). The Roles of Representation in School Mathematics, pp. 129-145 [chapter in 2001 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics yearbook].
- A user-friendly and shorter (yet updated) version of this is available as Illumination through Representation: An Exploration Across the Grades in pp. 3-5 of the Spring 2005 Statistics Teacher Network.
Donald Macnaughton (MatStat Research Consulting, Toronto Canada)
- The Entity-Property-Relationship Approach to Statistics ASA JSM 1995
- The Introductory Statistics Course ASA JSM 1998
- Eight Features of an Ideal Introductory Statistics Course ASA JSM 1998
Statistical Literacy and Reasoning: American Educational Research Association, April, 2000
- Components of Statistical Thinking by Beth Chance (Polytechnic State University)
Bayesian Statistics:
- Why Should We Even Teach Statistics? A Bayesian Perspective Gudmund Iversen (Swarthmore College), 2000 Tokyo Round Table
- A Case Study for Teaching Bayesian Methods Dalene K. Stangl (Duke University): 2001 ASA JSM
- Classical and Bayesian Paradigms: Can We Teach Both? Dalene K. Stangl (Duke University): ICOTS-5 Singapore
Dean Brooks President of Ekaros.
- Practical Applications of Benford's Law for Integer Quantities ASA 2002 JSM
- War, Politics and Customer Loyalty: Forecasting Benford's Law 2001 Frequencies
Edward Tufte
Statistical Literacy Programs or Ideas
- Statistics and Statistical Literacy University of Wollongong
- Statistical or Quantitative Thinking Neil Ullman
- Graduated, But Not Literate Inside Higher Ed
WEB SOURCES ON CHANCE AND DATA ANALYSIS:
- Chance Project, Chance News and Chance WIKI by J. Laurie Snell (Dartmouth)
- Rules of Evidence: Introduction to Data Analysis by Joel Levine, Mathematical Social Sciences, Dartmouth
BOOKS
- Statistical Reasoning For Everyday Life by Bennett, Briggs, Triola
ORGANIZATIONS:
International Association for Statistical Education
- Statistical Literacy and the Media by Podehl ICOTS-6 2002
- Statistics in the Classroom: Learning to Understand Societal Issues by Podehl IASE Berlin 2002
- Teaching Economic Statistics in the Internet Era by Bregar IASE Berlin 2002
Woodrow Wilson Foundation, National Council on Education, Quantitative Literacy
- Reflections on Quantitative Literacy by Lynn Steen July, 2001
- Reflections on Quantitative Literacy (Getting To Work) by Bernie Madison MAA 7/2001
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
- Mathematics Necessary? by William Dudley, March 1998 (Start on Page 2)
- Mathematics Equals Opportunity by Richard Riley, March 1998 (Start on Page 3)
Mathematics Association of America (MAA)
- Mathematics For Business by Richard Thompson, Arizona State University, 11/2002
- Assessment of General Education Mathematics Courses’ Contribution to Quantitative Literacy by Aimee J. Ellington for MAA SAUM
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
International Statistical Institute (ISI) International Statistical Review (ISR)
- Bayesian Hypothesis Testing by Bernardo and Rueda, December 2002
- Concept of Causation: Seeing and Doing by Lindley, August 2002
- Influence Diagrams by Dawd, August 2002
- Adult's Statistical Literacy by Ido Gal, April 2002 [Paper not available on the web]
CONFERENCES
- IASE Satellite Conference on Statistical Education and the Internet Berlin, 8/2003
- ICOTS-6 Conference on Statistical Literacy Cape Town, South Africa July, 2002
- IASE Satellite Conference on Statistical Literacy Seoul Korea August, 2001
JOURNALS
Statistical Education Research Journal (IASE)
The American Statistician (TAS)
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Statistical Literacy: How You Can Help
by Jessica Utts.
Abstract Excerpts: “To me, statistical literacy has been achieved when someone not only understands a news story about a statistical study, but also knows what additional information about the study is needed before a wise decision can be made. And ultimately, the goal of achieving statistical literacy is to be able to make wise decisions when appropriate information is provided.” -
What Educated Citizens Should Know About Statistics and Probability
by Jessica Utts
Abstract Excerpts: “There are of course many important topics that need to be discussed in an elementary statistics course. For this article, I have selected seven topics that I have found to be commonly misunderstood by citizens, including the journalists who present statistical studies to the public.” “1. When it can be concluded that a relationship is one of cause and effect, and when it cannot, including the difference between randomized experiments and observational studies. 2. The difference between statistical significance and practical importance, especially when using large sample sizes. 3. The difference between finding ‘no effect’ or ‘no difference’ and finding no statistically significant effect or difference, especially when using small sample sizes. 4. Common sources of bias in surveys and experiments, such as poor wording of questions, volunteer response, and socially desirable answers. 5. The idea that coincidences and seemingly very improbable events are not uncommon because there are so many possibilities. 6. ‘Confusion of the inverse’ in which a conditional probability in one direction is confused with the conditional probability in the other direction. 7. Understanding that variability is natural, and that ‘normal’ is not the same as ‘average.’” -
Teaching for Statistical Literacy and Services of Statistical Agencies
by Iddo Gal
Abstract: Increasing attention is given to the importance of developing statistical literacy of citizens and students. This article examines approaches to teaching for statistical literacy and identifies areas that need attention, in light of limitations on skill transfer and reliance on exemplars that illustrate problematic reports in the media. The article discusses the potential role of products of statistics agencies in education for statistical literacy. Implications for needed collaboration between educators and statistics agencies and for research are examined.
Excerpts: [1] “For instance, in a survey of more than 240 instructors of introductory statistics (Garfield 2000) less than 25% said they ‘frequently used’ discussions of statistics in the media, and roughly half indicated they never ask students to critique news articles in classroom assessments. It seems that many instructors neither teach for statistical literacy nor assess it.”
[2] Discussion: “First, it is difficult to expect students to develop statistical literacy through instruction on general principles of statistics and personal experience in data analysis, due to limitations on skill transfer, lack of familiarity with critical questions, and inattention to dispositions that support statistically literate behavior. Second, it is difficult to expect students to develop full statistical literacy through instruction that presents only negative examples for statistical reports, that is based only on brief media reports, and that does not provide models for effective or fair statistical reporting.”
[3] “Given the limitations of each of the methods outlined earlier, and the inattention to assessment of statistical literacy skills (Garfield 2000), educators and statisticians should re-examine their educational expectations regarding the efficacy of current efforts to develop statistical literacy skills of students at the college or high-school levels. It also seems prudent to consider Moore’s (2001) recent call for ‘diminished expectations,’ a proposal that instructors in introductory statistics courses cannot teach all the topics they hope to cover, given the need to teach at a pace and depth that enable students to construct their own understanding. If Moore’s call is accepted, serious attention to statistical literacy issues (in terms of both skills and dispositions) cannot be accompli11/18/2024stical topics, unless educators find ways to (a) address both core issues and statistical literacy issues at the same time, and (b) also assess students’ actual gains in statistical literacy skills. Otherwise, statistical literacy will remain a lofty goal that is hardly realized in regular introductory courses. Where this is the case, separate courses focused on statistical literacy will have to be planned.” -
The Getting of Wisdom: Educating Statisticians to Enhance their Clients Numeracy
by Eric Sowey
Abstract Excerpts: “Neglect of numeracy is becoming steadily more unsupportable, particularly in a democratic society.” “Enhancing statistical literacy is today a pressing issue.” “It is my impression, however, that even in developed societies formal teaching aimed expressly at enhancing statistical literacy is still a fledgling enterprise, offered only in scattered locations and to relatively few people.”
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Student Projects on Statistical Literacy and the Media
by Gelman and Nolan with Bautista, Men and Warmerdam
Articles Introduction: An important theme in an introductory statistics course is the connection between statistics and the outside world. This article describes some assignments that have been useful in getting students to learn how to gather and process information presented in the newspaper articles and scientific reports they read. We discuss two related assignments. For the first kind of assignment, students work through prepared instructional packets. Each packet contains a newspaper article that reports on a scientific study or statistical analysis, the original report on which the article was based, a worksheet with guidelines for summarizing the reported study, and a series of questions. In the second kind of assignment, each student is required to find a newspaper article themselves, track down the original report, summarize the study using our guidelines, and write a critique of the article. Here, we describe the guidelines we developed to help the student in reading the newspaper article and original source, and the procedures we used for each type of assignment. Examples of handouts and assignments appear as appendixes.
ASA Journal of Statistical Education (JSE)
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Ethical Statistics and Statistical Ethics: Making an Interdisciplinary Module?
by Lawrence M. Lesser (University of Texas at El Paso) and Erik Nordenhaug (Armstrong Atlantic State University)
- Statistical Literacy, Reasoning and Learning by Bob DelMas (University of Minnesota)
- The Challenge of Developing Statistical Reasoning by Joan Garfield (University of Minnesota)
- Statistical Literacy, Reasoning and Learning: A Commentary by Bob DelMas (University of Minnesota)
- Statistical Literacy as a Goal for Introductory Statistics Courses by Deborah J. Rumsey (Ohio State Univ)
- First Course in Statistics: The Status of Educational Reform Efforts by Garfield, Hogg, Schau and Whittinghill
- Undergraduate Statistics Education: Selected Literature by G. Rex Bryce (Brigham Young University)
JSE 2000 #8
- The Predictive Approach to Teaching Statistics by Alan McLean, Monash Univ.
- Teaching Prediction Intervals by Scott Preston, State University of New York, College at Oswego
- A Simplified Introduction to Correlation and Regression by K. L. Weldon, Simon Fraser University
JSE 1999 November
- Simpson's Paradox: An Example From a Longitudinal Study in South Africa by Christopher H. Morrell, Loyola College
JSE 1999 July
- Constructionism and Reductionism: Two Approaches to Problem-Solving and Their Implications for Reform of Statistics and Mathematics Curricula by Emmanuel N. Lazaridis, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, University of South Florida
- Getting What You Pay For: The Debate Over Equity in Public School Expenditures by Deborah Lynn Guber, The University of Vermont
JSE 1999 April
- Three Statistical Business Simulations by Peter Tryfos, York University
JSE 1998 July
- Revising a Basic Statistics Course by William C. Rinaman, Le Moyne College
- Statistical Vistas: Perspectives on Purpose and Structure by Eric R. Sowey, University of New South Wales
- Pay for Play: Are Baseball Salaries Based on Performance? by Mitchell R. Watnik, University of Missouri-Rolla
JSE 1998 March
- That Was Venn, This Is Now by Bradley A. Warner, David Pendergraft, and Timothy Webb, United States Air Force Academy
JSE 1997 November
- Many Faces of the Correlation Coefficient by Ruma Falk, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- The Separation Principle in Linear Regression by Francisco J. Samaniego, University of California, Davis
JSE 1997 July
- Nonrandom Risk: The 1970 Draft Lottery by Norton Starr, Amherst College
JSE 1997 March
- The “Unusual Episode” and a Second Statistics Course by Jeffrey S. Simonoff, New York University
JSE 1996 November
- Diamond Ring Pricing Using Linear Regression by Singfat Chu, National University of Singapore
JSE 1996 July
- Introductory Statistics Courses—A New Way of Thinking by Katrina Roiter and Peter Petocz, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
- What's Normal? — Temperature, Gender, and Heart Rate by Allen L. Shoemaker, Calvin College
JSE 1996 March
- Fitting Percentage of Body Fat to Simple Body Measurements by Roger W. Johnson, Carleton College
JSE 1995 July
- Conditional Probability and Education Reform: Are They Compatible? by Allan J. Rossman (Dickinson College) and Thomas H. Short (Villanova University)
- Teaching Statistics: Making It Memorable by Eric R. Sowey, University of New South Wales
- The Statistics of Poverty and Inequality by Mary Rouncefield, Chester College UK
JSE 1995 March
- Teaching Statistics with Data of Historic Significance: Galileo's Gravity and Motion Experiments by David A. Dickey and J. Tim Arnold, North Carolina State University
JSE 1994 November
- Linear Regression: The Computer as a Teaching Tool by Michael Laviolette, University of Missouri-Rolla
- Televisions, Physicians, and Life Expectancy by Allan J. Rossman, Dickinson College
JSE 1994 July
- What Is the Use of Experiments Conducted By Statistics Students? by Margaret Mackisack, Queensland University of Technology
- Sexual Activity and the Lifespan of Male Fruit flies: A Dataset That Gets Attention by James A. Hanley & Stanley H. Shapiro, McGill University
- Using Cigarette Data for An Introduction to Multiple Regression by Lauren McIntyre, North Carolina State University
JSE 1993 November
- A Generation of Statistics Education: An Interview with Frederick Mosteller by David S. Moore, Purdue University
- Reconsidering Statistics Education: A National Science Foundation Conference by George W. Cobb, Mount Holyoke College
- 1993 New Car Data by Robin H. Lock, St. Lawrence University
ASA Presidential papers: http://client.norc.org/asapresidentialpapers.info/4_sub2.htm
Jane Watson (author of Statistical Literacy at School ). Full references on papers referencing “statistical literacy” or “quantitative literacy.”
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- Watson, J.M. (2006). Issues for statistical literacy in the middle school. In A. Rossman & B. Chance (Eds.), Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Teaching Statistics: Working cooperatively in statistics education, Salvador, Brazil. [CDRom]. Voorburg, The Netherlands: International Association for Statistical Education and the International Statistical Institute.
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- Watson, J.M. (2003). Statistical literacy at the school level: What should students know and do? In Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute 54th Session Proceedings Berlin (Volume LX, Book 2, Invited Papers, Topic 49, pp. 68-71). Berlin: ISI.
- Watson, J.M., & Moritz, J.B. (2002). Quantitative literacy for pre-service teachers via the internet. Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 4, 43-56.
- Watson, J.M., & Moritz, J.B. (2002). Developing concepts of sampling for statistical literacy. In J. Sowder & B. Schappelle (Eds.), Lessons learned from research (pp. 117-124). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
- Watson, J.M. (2002). Discussion: Statistical literacy before adulthood. International Statistical Review, 70, 26-30.
- Callingham, R.A., & Watson, J.M. (2002, December). Implications of differential item function in statistical literacy: Is gender still an issue? Refereed paper presented at the Measurement Special Interest Group of the Australian Association for Research in Education conference, Brisbane.
- Watson, J.M., & Moritz, J.B. (2000). Development of understanding of sampling for statistical literacy. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 19, 109-136.
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- Watson, J.M., Moritz, J.B., & Pereira-Mendoza, L. (1998). Interpreting a graph in a social context. The Mathematics Educator, 3 (1), 61-71.
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- Watson, J.M. (1998). The role of statistical literacy in decisions about risk: Where to start. For the Learning of Mathematics, 18(3), 25-27.
- Watson, J.M. (1997). Assessing statistical literacy using the media. In Gal & Garfield (Eds.), The Assessment Challenge in Statistical Education (pp. 107-121).
- Pereira-Mendoza, L., Watson, J. M., & Moritz, J. B. (1995). What's in a graph? In A. Richards, G. Gillman, K. Milton, & J. Oliver (Eds.), Flair: Forging links and integrating resources (pp. 301-307). Adelaide, SA: Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers. Abstract: What do students really think graphs mean? Based on interviews with students from Canada, Australia and Singapore, students' interpretations of different graphs are examined, and the implications of these differing interpretations for teaching are considered. Some examples of the potential of newspapers for developing statistical ideas for primary and secondary students are included
- Watson, J.M. (1995). Statistical literacy: A link between mathematics and society. In A. Richards, G. Gillman, K. Milton, & J. Oliver (Eds.), Flair: Forging links and integrating resources (Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc., pp. 12-28). Adelaide, SA: AAMT, Inc. [1995 Hanna Neumann Memorial Lecture].
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