Milo Schield, PhD Rice University

Fellow of the American Statistical Association (2018),
Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute (2016).
Editor/Owner of www.StatLit.org (2003 now) 2018: 343k visits; 462K downloads
Author of Statistical Literacy: Seeing the Story behind the Statistics. 2021B Table of Contents, glossary and index.
Past-President of the National Numeracy Network (NNN 2019-2022); VP from 2015-2019
US representative of International Statistical Literacy Project (.... now)
Director of the W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy Project (2001-2005) International talks by location
Created first catalog-approved Statistical Literacy course (Augsburg College GST200) in 1998.
2019-RG-Reads-by-Country Professional Achievements (2019) RG Summary: 2016
Citations of Schield Papers by Paper: 2022 2021 2020 2019
Citations of Statistical Educator's Papers: 2021 2020 2019
Schield papers (statistical and non-statistical) chronologically Schield CVs: 2018 2018 w citations

Schield Statistical Publications Organized by Topic (105 papers)

Schield Nominations, Submissions, Proposals and Talks

Nominations

ASA Fellow Summary Nomination. Letters: Kaplan Bailar, Weisberg, Wild, Witmer. 2018 Successful
USCOTS Nomination for the Lifetime Achievement Award 2015 Unsuccessful

Statistical Literacy: Grant Applications/Proposals

NAS-NSF Idea Competition Imagining STEM in 2040. 2020 Schield Submission. NAS: Imagining the Future of STEM NAS Symposium Nov 12,12,19 in 2020
Honda Grant Application: 2019 Submission UNM Internal; 2020 Submission Augsburg University. Both rejected
Increasing STEM Interest among non-STEM majors. 2014 AAC&U PKAL-Tides Grant Proposals: Science-Skills Minor Data-Analytics minor Slides Both rejected.
NSF Proposal: Statistics for the Social Science and Humanities: Chance, Causation and Confounding. 2014 Rejected.
Application for an ASA/NSF/BLS/Census Research Program 12/2000. Unsuccessful.
NSF Proposal: Developing a Statistical Literacy Turnkey Training System. 2006 NSF Rejected.

Statistical Literacy: Keck Proposal and Pre-Keck Ideas

Statistics Goals 1995; Schield Travel Plans 1996

NNN Presidential Reports

2020 NNN President's Report: Short version. Milo Schield, President July 2019 – June 2020.

Statistical Literacy: Proposals for Conferences

Confounding and Cornfield: Back to the Future. Proposed as a keynote talk. Rejected
Statistics for the Social Science and Humanities: Chance, Causation and Confounding. 2014 NSF Rejected.

Statistical Literacy Course (Schield, Generic):

2019 Syllabus and Student Learning Outcomes

Statistical Literacy: Miscellaneous

Implementing a Statistical Literacy Program 5/2/2019 Univ. New Mexico
Coincidence: Zahn and Schield ASA Fellows from Waverly Iowa. 2018
ASA Ethical Guidelines: Comments and Recommendations. 1999 ASA
Statistical Literacy: Course Topics Survey 1999
Tufte Presentation: Notes by Schield. 1999 Presenting Data and Information Minneapolis, MN

Statistical Literacy: Technical Reports

Dictionary Definitions of Discriminate. Schield 8/2020
Excerpts by Page: Pearl's “Book of Why” Schield Intro, Ch1 and Ch2 2/2019
Creating Ranks and Percentiles using Functions and Commands in Excel 2013. Schield 2/2019
Print 6x9 Two-Up on Letter. Schield 2/2019
Three charts; Same Data. Schield 1/2019
Excel Date-Based Charts: Line vs. XY. Schield Research 10/2018
Prevalence of Statistical Terms in the Harvard Business Review: A Statistical Summary. 2015 (Data only).
Dictionary Definitions of Confounding. Schield 3/2014
Statistical Literacy: Seeing How Statistical Significance is Contextual, 2003 Technical Report Czech Republic
Purpose and Definition of Statistical Literacy by Thomas Burnham 2003 Project Status
Median Overlap, Misclassification and R-squared. Technical Report. 6/1997.
Review of Misconceptions by Fischbein & Schnarch. Technical Report. RSSCSE 12/1996.

Statistical Literacy: Posters, Brochures and Proposals

Call for Research on English Grammar Used to Distinguish Association from Causation and to Describe and Compare Ratios 12/3/2020
Implementing a Statistical Literacy Course 5/2/2019
RSS Proposal for Ideas Letter 2015 Call for Ideas.
Statistical Literacy: Seeing Behind the Numbers Brochure 2008StatLit2B
Statistical Literacy for Humanities Majors brochure 2007 Augsburg Humanities Departments
“Statistical Literacy is to Statistics” as “Art Appreciation is to Art” Poster 2006 ICOTS Letter Size Portrait: PDF or JPG. Poster Size Portrait: PDF or JPG. Poster Size Landscape: PDF or JPG.
Augsburg Statistical Literacy Course Brochure 2002
Proposal for Census-ASA Research project 2000 Rejected
Statistical Literacy proposal 1997 QR/QL

Statistical Literacy: Data Summaries

2022 Labor Participation by Gender and Race 12/2022
2022 Poverty, Race and Family Structure. 9/2022 Slides
2020 Sea Level Rise Graphs: Past and Future. 7/2020 Schield Ed.
US Fatal Police Shootings. Washington Post Data. 11/11/2022
1860 Census: Southern Households by Size and Slaves by Household Size.

Statistical Literacy: Distributions using Excel (slides)

Lognormal Distribution of Households & Incomes by Mean-Median Ratio. April 2015 Slides
Create Log-Normal Distribution of Households by Income and of Income by Income. Oct 2014 XLSX-Data
Log-Normal Spreadsheet w tables (Distribution of Excess Income). Oct 2014 XLSX PDF of worksheet
Model Logistic Regression using OLS with Excel 2013. Oct 2014. Slides Output Input
Empirical Sampling Distribution using a Single Die with Excel 2013. 6up 1up Results (PDF) Data (XLSX)
Modeling: MLE Logistic versus OLS-Based Logistic. Slides 2013.

Statistical Literacy: Video

Statisticians: Making our World a Better Place (4.5 minute video). 4/2015 USCOTS 6up 1up Text
Statistical Literacy: Critical Thinking about Statistics. 2022 gDrive: FIle: 2022-Schield-CCT.mp4

Statistical Literacy: Talks with Audio

“A Second Statistics Course is Needed: What should it be?” ECOTS 2012 by Isaacson & Schield Audio Slides Abstract
“Big Data Generates Beguiling Coincidences” 2012 ECOTS Audio Slides Abstract

Schield Canvas-related slides:

2022 UNM Class Lists (Slides)
2023 Canvas Writing Challenges 1/26/2023 Slides Writing Responses Slides.
2023 Canvas Modules: Adding Video. Schield 9/13/2022 Slides
2022 Canvas Grade book: Importing Odyssey scores. Schield 9/2/2022 Slides

Schield Odyssey-related slides:

2022 Odyssey: Loading New Students. Schield 9/13/2022 slides

Schield technical papers:

2021 Creating Wainer-Lesser Weighted-Average Graphs using Excel. Schield 2021 Excel worksheet
2021 Ambiguity of Phi in Excel Schield 6/18/2021 Spreadsheet
2020 Create PDF with Word 2013 using Adobe Distiller (Slides internal). Slides 9/9/2020 PPTX [not enough space]
2020 PowerPoint: Create Audio and Video. Slides 8/8/2020 PPTX [not enough space]
2020 Edit/Convert Zoom Recording Using AVS software. One-page instructions 8/1/2020
2020 ResearchGate: Replace paper. One-page instructions. 3/20/2020
2017 SERJ Statistical Literacy papers: Keyword Analysis. One page summary
2017 Generate High Resolution Pictures with Visio 2003. One page instructions. 26 June, 2021

Statistical Literacy: Talks without a paper. Just PowerPoint slides or posters. By Schield unless otherwise noted.

2022 Statistical Literacy: Seven Simple Questions for Policymakers. Slides for IASE webinar.
2022 Hurricane Ian 9/28 landfall Slides Cone with centerline
2022 2020 Poverty Data by Race and Family Structure Since 1966. Schield (Slides)
2022 Metropolitan State College: Slides
2022 NNN 2021-22 Disparity vs. Discrimination S/l vs. C/T Slide NNN 2021-22 Meeting Online
2022 UNM Letter to the Chronicle of Higher Education (draft). Submitted 2/15/2022, Not accepted/published.
2022 Colloquium to Math-Stat Faculty at the Univ. of Texas — El Paso. 2/18/2022. Slides Abstract Announcement PPT
2021 UNM Letter to Chronicle of Higher Education. Draft
2021 Teaching Statistical Literacy at a Community College. 11/19/2021 Slides PPTX
2020 Covid19 Infections, Cases and Deaths. Slides. 11/2021.
2020 Coronavirus Covid-19: An Explanatory Model. Slides 7/19/2020.
2020 Coronavirus Covid-19: An Analysis. Slides 3/8/2020.
2019 NNN Annual Meeting: What is Numeracy? Statistical Literacy: An Introduction (10/13) Slides
2019 NNN Workshop at Palomar Community College. Statistical Literacy: An Introduction (9/20-21) Slides
2019 Univ. New Mexico: Teaching Confounder-Based Statistical Literacy (6/19) Slides
2019 USCOTS Workshop All Ch 1, 2, 3, 4 and 13. 5/16 Teaching Confounding Roundtable.
2019 Gender Pay Gap: Uncontrolled vs. Controlled. April 4, MIS 264 PDF DOC
2018 Infant Mortality Rate: A National Embarrassment? Critical Thinking Club Dec 5 2018. Augsburg U. Slides PPTX
2018 Increasing Disparity: The Scanlan Effect. Critical Thinking Club Dec 5 2018. Augsburg U. Slides PPTX
2018 Why Voter Polls are Often Wrong. Twin Cities Critical Thinking Club Dec 2, 2018. Slides PPTX
2018 Increasing Disparities: The Scanlan Effect. National Numeracy Network Oct 2018. Michigan State U. Slides
2018 Data Literacy @ The Gartner Conference. Dallas Texas March 2018. Slides 1D
2017 IQ and Gender. Cynthia and Milo Schield. Critical Thinking Club (CTC). Slides
2017 The Heart of Numeracy: The Grammar of Quantitatively-Based Relations. Schield Nov 2017 NNN Barnard College Slides
2017 Levels of Numeracy: How Much Critical Thinking. Schield Nov 2017 NNN Barnard College. Slides
2017 Statistical Literacy: 2017. Schield CME Toronto Canada. 4/29/2017 Slides
2017 Down Syndrome: By Birth Order and Mom's Age. 3/20/2017 Slides PPTX XLSX
2016 Why Election Polls Are Often Wrong Slides. CTC 12/4/2016. Why Clinton Lost (Trump Won) Slides, Exit Poll Data. Calculate Chance of Winning Dec 6m 2016.
2015 What's Wrong with Into Stats. StatChat 10/27/2015 PPTX Gaise Update
2015 Hot Hand: Better than Chance. Univ. of St. Thomas Fall 2015. Slides PPTX
2015 Comments on Cobb and De Veaux at USCOTS. USCOTS 2015 1up 6up PPTX
2015 Making Connections. Comments by Milo Schield. USCOTS 2015. Slides
2015 Critical Thinking: Past, Present and Future. Slides CTC 4/15. Averroes (~1170) vs Al-Ghazali (~1100)
2015 Augsburg's Above-Average Value-Added Education. To Augsburg Faculty 2/17/15. Food for Thought Slides
2015 Teaching for Transfer in Statistics Classrooms. Mathew D. Beckman, 2/24/15 StatChat, Macalester Slides.
2015 Statistically-Significant Shortcuts. 2/24/2015 Statchat Macalester, St. Paul. Slides PPTX
2014 Business Analytics vs. Data Science. Nov 2014 DSI-MSMESB Tampa, FL. Invited Talk Slides. PPTX
2014 Big Data and Coincidence. Oct 2014 NNN-1 invited workshop at Carleton College. Slides.
2014 Explore Log-Normal Distribution of Incomes. Oct 2014 NNN-2 Invited Workshop at Carleton College. Slides, Spreadsheet Spreadsheet PDF PPT
2014 Create Distributions Empirically using Excel. Oct 2014 NNN-3 Invited Workshop at Carleton College. Slides PPT
2014 Statistically-Significant Correlations. Oct 2014 NNN-4 Invited Workshop at Carleton College. Slides PPT
2014 Segmented Linear Regression. By 2014 NNN-5 Invited Workshop at Carleton College. Slides
2014 Teaching Big Data: Panel comments. May 20 E-COTS presentation. Slides.
2014 Two Big Ideas in Teaching Big data. ASA Twin Cities ASA Chapter at Augsburg College on 3/20/2014. 6up 1up.
2013 Adding Context to Introductory Statistics. ASA Twin Cities Chapter at Augsburg College on 5/22/2013. 6up 1up PPT.
2012 Victor Cohn (1919-2000): A Retrospective: ASA Twin Cities Chapter at Augsburg College on 10/15/2012. 6up
2012 Keene State College Workshop: 1 Statistical Literacy 6up; 2 Critical Thinking 6up; 3 Coincidence 6up; 5 Reading Tables and Graphs 6up; 6 Reading Graphs and Tables 6up; 7 Statistical Literacy and Mathematics 6up; 8 Statistical Literacy: Confounding 6up. May 15-17, 2012.
2012 Coincidence in Run and Clusters. 6up 1up. StatChat and ASA Chapter Meetings. Macalester College, St. Paul., MN. 3/8/2012.
2012 Statistical Literacy: A Math-Stat Alternative 6up 1up. T3Conference, Chicago 3/2/2012
2012 Statistical Literacy for All 6up 1up. Statistical Literacy at Augsburg 6up 1up. Lehman C. 2/24/2012
2011 Social Statistics: Egypt February Slides
2011 Modeling in Context: Teaching Adjustment and Confounding through the Common Core Standards. Poster, Schield & Kaplan. USCOTS
2011 Where Do Statistics Come From? — Setting the Table for Introductory Statistics. Poster, Marc Isaacson at USCOTS
2011 Multiple Choice: Olympic Success. USCOTS Activity 6up Marc Isaacson
2011 Hypothetical Thinking about Statistics: An Activity. May USCOTS 6up
2011 Odysseys Teach Critical Thinking. Poster, Augsburg College with Larry Copes. 5/10/2011.
2011 Statistical Literacy: Confounding. University of Texas, San Antonio 1/13/2011 6up Slides Announcement
2011 Statistical Literacy Worldwide: 2010. 1/6/2011 MAA JMM 6up
2010 Statistical Literacy: Confounding. University of St. Thomas 12/10/2010 6up 1up
2010 Quantitative Literacy Today: An Update. Carleton-PKAL conference. 10/08/2010 6up.
2010 Statistical Literacy at Augsburg College. Carleton-PKAL conference. 10/09/2010 6up
2010 Harper's Index November Slides
2010 Confounding UST December Slides
2010 Boys Adrift by Cynthia Schield CTC Sept 12, 2010 Slides
2009 Science Literacy Requires Statistical Literacy 11/09 SENCER Symposium 6up
2009 Statistical Literacy and Liberal Education 7/09 Free Minds '09 6up
2009 Several Radical Ideas to Help Students Interpret Introductory Statistics 6/2009 Brick & Schield USCOTS Small Poster. (Large: 3' x 4')
2009 Speculative Statistics and Public Policy. 5/2009 NNN conference Univ. Washington, Bothell 6up
2009 Statistical Literacy: A New On-Line Gen Ed Course for Math Teachers 2/2009 Proposal for 2009 AMATYC
2008 Statistical Literacy talks at Anderson University 6up and at the Univ. of Kentucky (Lexington) 6up. 10/2008
2008 Confounder Influence on Attributed Cases, 7/2008. MAA MathFest. Madison, WI 6up 1up
2008 Binary Confounders as Mathematical Objects, 7/2008. European Conference on Methodology. Oviedo Spain 6up
2008 Bayes' Comparisons 1/2008 StatChat, Macalester College (St. Paul, MN) 6up 1up.
2007 Civic Engagement: Numbers in the News 10/2007 AACU Civic Learning at the Intersections, Denver CO 6up 1up
2007 Quantitative Literacy Core Concepts 10/2007 Carleton QUIRK Project 6up 1up
2007 Teaching Statistical Literacy 4/2007 National Numeracy Panel, Midwest Sociological Society Chicago 6up
2006 Statistical Literacy: An Introduction. 8/2006 Univ. Connecticut 6up 1up
2006 Statistical Literacy for Majors without Math Requirements. 3/2006 Univ. Wisconsin QL Conference 6up 1up
2006 Mathematics of Association in Quantitative Literacy. 1/2006 MAA 6up
2005 Statistical Literacy: Errors Reading Graphs. 12/2005 Kansas City Actuarial Club 6up
2005 Statistical Literacy and Critical Thinking, 7/2005 TOC Summer Seminar at Union College 6up
2005 Statistical Literacy and Epidemiological Reasoning, 7/2005 TOC Summer Seminar at Union College 1up 6up
2005 Quantitative Literacy: Core Concepts, 6/2005 MAA QL Workshop at Macalester College 6up 1Up Notes
2004
2003 Statistical Literacy Survey, 5/2003 IASSIST Conference. 1up 6up
2003 Statistical Literacy at Augsburg, March 2003 Project Status. 1up, 6up
2002 Proposed Survey of Business Statistics Teachers, 8/2002 MSMESB 6up 1up
2001 Student Difficulties Reading Tables of Ratios. =12/2001 US Bureau of Census 6up
2001 Statistical Literacy: How Does It Relate to Quantitative Literacy. PKAL Snowbird, UT 7/2001. Abstract, 6up, 1up
2001 Effectiveness of Statistics in Schools of Business. 6/2001 MSMESB Troy NY 1up
2001 The Grenada Conjectures: The Future of Statistical Education. U. of Grenada Jan 18, 2001. 1up 6up
2000 Teaching Conditional Thinking Using Ratios. Western Conference on Teaching Statistics (WCTS1) 3/2000 Notes
2000 Teaching Statistics Using Relevant Data. Western Conference on Teaching Statistics (WCTS1) 3/2000 6up
2000 Grammar of Statistics: Rates, Percentages and =Risk. 3/2000 Augsburg College 6up
2000 Statistical Literacy: Numbers as Information. Wendy Treadwell UMn 2/2000 6up
1999 Statistical Literacy: Standards for Content. 11/1999 AMATYC 6up
1999 Statistical Literacy: Reading Rates and Percents. 10/1999 APDU 6up

W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy Project at Augsburg College (2001-2005):

Schield papers acknowledging the W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy Project

Augsburg-related papers: 1985-2021:

Application for Tenure March 4, 1991 Part 2
Application for Promotion to Associate Professor.
Statistics Project Requirements. 1992.

Schield-Organized Statistical Literacy Sessions (1998–2013 and 2019)

2019 Statistical Literacy #17 (ASA, Denver) Organizer: Milo Schield US ISLP Representative (35 attendees)

Quantitative Literacy Should Not Be Optiona, Gail Burrill (IASE President) ** Unable to attend. Schield introduced NNN: Slides
Serving Up Tasty Morsels: Mapping from Literacy to Capability, Chris Wild Slides: PDF PPTX
Statistical Literacy: A Study in Confounding. Milo Schield. Abstract Slides
Creating a Learning Progression to Support Secondary Mathematics Teachers to Develop a Critical Statistical Literacy. Travis Weiland
Data Visualization: Modernizing the ASA Poster Competition for Grades K-12. Jamis Perrett

2013 Statistical Literacy #16 (ASA, Montreal) Organizer and Chair: Milo Schield (50 attendees)

The Relevance of Rhetoric to Statistical Literacy, Joel Best Abstract
Getting to know your variables: A critical element of a statistical analysis, Jane Miller. Abstract Audio 1up 6up
Statistics Education: Steadfast or Stubborn? Milo Schield. Abstract 6up 1up Audio
Challenging Statistical Claims in the Media Course & Gender Effects, Rose Martinez-Dawson Abstract Audio 1up 6up
Key Components of Numeracy Infusion Course for Higher Education. Esther Wilder Handout Abstract 1up 6up

2012 Statistical Literacy #15 (ASA, San Diego CA) Organizer and Chair: Milo Schield (50–60 attendees)

Is Statistical Literacy at Risk with Common Core Standards? Kathryn Hall Abstract 6up
Teaching Quantitative Reasoning Skills: A Numeracy Infusion Course for Higher Education (NICHE), Esther Wilder Abstract 6up Handout
Clinician Numeracy Clinical Numeracy - Getting the Gist of Health Risks, Tanner Caverly et al. Abstract 6up Talk
How Economic and Social Statistics became the Stepchildren of the Profession, Othmar Winkler Abstract
Lost: Assessing Student Survival Skills in the Statistical Wilderness using Real Data, Marc Isaacson Abstract 6up
How Causal Heterogeneity Can Influence Statistical Significance in Clinical Trials, Milo Schield 6up

2011 Statistical Literacy (ISI, Dublin, Ireland) STS08. Organizer and Chair: Milo Schield

Making Sense of Statistical Studies, Roxy Peck 6up
Statistics in the News, Nancy Reid and Jean-François Plante
Interpreting Economic and Social Data, Othmar Winkler
Multivariate Thinking in Precollege Social Sciences, James Nicholson ISI News 6up
Epidemiological Models and Spotty Statistics, Milo Schield ISI Slides PPTX
Teaching the Social Construction of Statistics, Milo Schield IASE Slides PPTX Docx

2011 US Supreme Court: Statistical Significance not necessary for Causation. Late-Breaking Session (ASA, Miami FL). Chair: Milo Schield 6up 1up, Stephen T. Ziliak 1up, Joseph “Jay” Kadane, Donald Rubin and Daniel Kaplan 1up

2011 Statistical Literacy #14 (ASA, Miami FL). Organizer and Chair: Milo Schield (50–60 attendees)

Pop-stats books and Statistical Education Kaiser Fung, New York Univ. 1up
Integrating Quantitative and Financial Literacy Joseph Ganem, Loyola Univ., Maryland. 6up
Statistics and Clinical Trials: Past, Present and Future Herb Weisberg, Correlation Research. 1up
Learning to Read the Numbers: Critical Literacy and Numeracy in K-8 Classrooms David and Phyllis Whitin, Wayne State U. 1up
Assessing Quantitative Reasoning: What Do Freshmen Know? Ermine Faith Orta, Nandini Kannan and Kimberly Massaro, U. Texas San Antonio. 6up
Describing Quantitative Relationships Using Informal Grammar, Milo Schield 6up 1up Appendix WB1 WB2
Teaching Statistics Using the News Media T. Paulette Ceesay, 6up

2010 Statistical Literacy #13 (ASA, Vancouver CA) Organizer and Chair: Milo Schield (90 attendees)

Statistical Literacy for Managers: Analyzing Time Series data Anders and Britt Wallgren (Sweden) 6up
Numbers in Everyday Life: A Short Course for Adults Gerald Hahn, Necip Doganaksoy, Ricki Lewis, Jane Oppenlander and Josef Schmee 6up
The Undetectable Difference: An Experimental Look at the “Problem” of p-Values Bill Goodman (Univ. Toronto) 6up
Probability in Decline Dean Brooks (Ekaros Analytical Inc.) 6up Blog
Teaching Statistical Literacy as a Quantitative Rhetoric Course John Schmit (Augsburg College) 6up
The Social Construction of Ranks Milo Schield (Augsburg College) 6up

2010 Statistics for Non-Quantitative Majors (ICOTS8 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) Organizer and Chair: Milo Schield

Using media reports to promote statistical literacy for non-quantitative majors Stephanie Budgett, Maxine Pfannkuch (NZ). 6up
Luring non-quantitative majors into advanced statistical reasoning; luring statistics educators into real statistics James Nicholson, Jim Ridgway, Sean McCusker
Using a Five Step Framework for interpreting tables and graphs in their contexts Marian Kemp and Barry Kissane (AU) 6up
How we can all learn to think critically about data Ian Gordon, Sue Finch (AU) 6up
Association-Causation Problems in News Stories. Milo Schield, Augsburg College. ICOTS-8 2010. See also Merriam-Webster (1994): Usage of “times”.

2009 Statistical Literacy #12 (ASA, Washington DC). Organizer and Chair: Milo Schield (130 attendees)

Statistical Challenges in Medical Research: What Consumers Need to Know Ronald R Gauch (Marist College) 6up
The Cult of Statistical Significance Stephen Ziliak (Roosevelt U.) and Deirdre N. McCloskey (Univ. Illinois, Chicago) 4up 6up
Spinning Heads and Spinning News: Statistics in the Media Rebecca Goldin (George Mason U.) 6up
Know Your Chances: Curriculum to Help Students Be Better Consumers of Statistics Steven Woloshin, Lisa Schwartz (Dartmouth) 2up

2009 Numeracy (ASA, Washington DC). Organizer: Milo Schield. Chair: Paul J. Fields

Confound those Speculative Statistics Milo Schield (Augsburg) 6up
Distinguishing Association from Causation in Media Headlines. Milo Schield (Augsburg) and Robert Raymond (St. Thomas) 6up
Formal Debates to Clarify the Objectives of an Intro Stats Course. Dan Schafer (Oregon State, Author of the Statistical Sleuth) 4up See also the Vaccination Debate 4up.
How Prepared are Doctoral Dissertation Committees? Rossi Hassad (Mercy College)
Taking Confounding Seriously with Introductory Students. Daniel Kaplan (Macalester College)

2008 Statistical Literacy #11 (ASA, Denver, CO) Organizer: Milo Schield. Chair: Larry Lesser (70 attendees)

Interpreting the substantive significance of multivariate regression coefficients Jane Miller (Rutgers University) 1up slides
Just Plain Data Analysis Gary Klass (Illinois State University) 6up slides
Using Simulation to Teach Statistical Literacy Marc Isaacson, W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy Project. 6up slides
Numbers in the News: A Survey Robert Raymond and Milo Schield, W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy Project. Data, 6up 1up
von Mises' Frequentist Approach to Probability Milo Schield and Tom Burnham, W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy Project. 6up
Student Attitudes Toward Statistics at Augsburg: 2003–2004 Milo and Cynthia Schield, W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy Project. 6up

2007 Statistical Literacy #10 (ASA, Salt Lake City, UT) Chair: Paul J. Fields

Statistics for Innumerate Journalists. Stephen Doig, Walter Cronkite Professor of Journalism (Arizona State Univ.) Slides 4up See also Reporting with the Tools of Social Science Nieman Foundation, Harvard (2008)
Quantitative Reasoning: An Activity-Based Course. Kay Somers (Moravian College) 6up
Grammar of Statements Involving “Chance” Milo Schield (Augsburg) and Tom Burnham (Cognitive Consulting) 6up 1up
Numbers in the News: A Survey Milo Schield (Augsburg) & Cynthia Schield (Former co-publisher of the Napa County Record) 6up 1up Data

2006 Statistical and Quantitative Literacy #9 (ASA, Seattle, WA) Organizer and Chair: Milo Schield

Pedagogical Challenges of Quantitative Literacy Bernie Madison, President of the National Numeracy Network. Slides 6up
Increasing Quantitative Literacy through the Mathematics across the Community College Curriculum Project Rebecca Hartzler (Seattle Community College) and Kim Rheinlander (Dartmouth) 6up
Quirks of Rhetoric: a Quantitative Analysis of Quantitative Reasoning in Student Writing Neil Lutsky (Carleton College)
Common Misconceptions in Statistical Literacy Marc Isaacson (Augsburg College) 6up
Percentage Charts in USA Today Snapshots Online Milo Schield (Augsburg College) Print version 6up

2005 Statistical Literacy #8 (ASA, Minneapolis, MN) Organizer and Chair: Milo Schield (90 attendees)

What Can 'CSI' Teach Us about Statistical Literacy Jane Miller (Rutgers University)
Epidemiology for Teaching Statistics Chris Olsen (Cedar Rapids Iowa schools)
Toys, Tales and a Journalist's View of Statistics Lewis Cope (co-author of News and Numbers)
Statistical Literacy: An Online Course at Capella University Marc Isaacson (Augsburg College)
On-line Ratio Statement Validator Burnham and Schield Slides 6up 1up
Statistical Literacy and Chance Milo Schield (Augsburg College) Slides 6up 1up

2004 Statistical Literacy #7 (ASA, Toronto, Canada). Organizer and Chair: Milo Schield

Teaching Statistical Principles using Epidemiology Donna Stroup (CDC)
Planning a Statistical Literacy Course Robert Hayden (Plymouth State University)
Statistics for Political Science Majors Gary Klass (Illinois State University)
Confounder-Resistance and Confounder Intervals for a Binary Confounder Schield & Burnham Slides 1up 6up Reviewer Brian Jersky ASA 2004

2003 Statistical Literacy #6 (ASA, San Francisco, CA) Organizer and Chair: Milo Schield

Understanding Scientific Reasoning Ronald Giere (U. Mn) & Leslie Burkholder (Canada)
Journalism, Computer Assisted Reporting and Statistical Literacy Brant Huston (Director IRE: Investigative Reporters and Editors)
Subjective Statistical Inference Based On Pure Associations Robyn M. Dawes (Carnegie Mellon)
Review of Statistical Literacy Course Design at Augsburg: 2002–2003 Julie Naylor & Bill Jasperson (Augsburg)
Confounder-Induced Spuriosity and Reversal: Algebraic Conditions for Binary Data Schield & Burnham Slides 1Up 6Up

2002 Statistical Literacy #5 (ASA, New York City, NY). Organizer and Chair: Milo Schield

Using Quantitative Data to Study Social Phenomena: Some Ignored Issues Stanley Lieberson (Harvard)
People Count: The Social Construction of Statistics Joel Best (University of Delaware)
Bag of Tricks for Teaching Statistics Andrew Gelman (Colombia)
The Mission of STATS S. Robert Lichter, President of STATS (Presented by Ian Murray)
Algebraic Relationships in 2x2 Tables Schield & Burnham Original ASA-published version Updated version [Original is not original]

2001 Statistical Literacy #4 (ASA, Atlanta, GA) Organizer and Chair: Milo Schield

The Tyranny of Numbers Nicholas Eberstadt (AEI: American Enterprise Institute)
More Guns; Less Crime John Lott (University of Chicago and Yale)
Student-Centered Education Deborah Rumsey (University of Ohio)
A Post-Modern View of Statistical Education Gudmund Iversen (Swarthmore College)
Statistical Literacy: Reading Tables of Rates and Percentages Milo Schield (Augsburg College) Jenkins Appendix version

2000 Statistical Literacy #3 (ASA, Indianapolis, IN) Organizer and Chair: Milo Schield

Thinking Big About Statistics John Bailar III (Univ. Chicago) See Excerpts from “A Larger Perspective”
Cross-Level Inference as an Identification Problem W. Phillips Shively (Univ. Minnesota)
A Case Story in the Teaching of Observational Studies Chamont (Wei-hong) Wang (College of New Jersey)
A First Year Interdisciplinary QR Course: A Pre-Statistics Course Jabon and Narasimhan (De Paul U)
Teaching Statistics For Use In Epidemiology Joe H. Abramson (Hebrew University)
Statistical Literacy: Describing and Comparing Rates and Percentages Milo Schield (Augsburg College) 6up

1999 Critical Thinking in Observational Studies #2 (ASA, Baltimore, MD)

How to Help Reporters Tell The Truth Victor Cohn (Former Washington Post Science editor)
Population Growth and Propensity: Complex Observational Studies Thomas Wonnacott (Canada)
Teaching Causal Inference in Experiments and Observational Studies Donald Rubin (Harvard)
Simpson's Paradox and Cornfield's Conditions Milo Schield (Augsburg College) Discussant/Reviewer: Gudmund Iversen

1998 New Directions in Introductory Statistics #1 (ASA, Dallas, TX). Organizer and Chair: Milo Schield

Statistics for First Year Liberal Arts Students Gary Smith (Pomona College)
Educating Everyone: Statistical Methods and Statistical Literacy Jessica Utts (U. California, Davis)
Teaching Statistics Without Formulas [Hard copy available] Gudmund Iversen (Swarthmore) See Why Should We Even Teach Statistics? A Bayesian Perspective
Eight Features of an Ideal Introductory Statistics Course Donald Macnaughton (Toronto)
Statistical Literacy and Evidential Statistics Milo Schield (Augsburg College) 1up

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Milo Schield, PhD Rice University

Schield Statistical Publications Organized by Topic (105 papers)

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Schield Nominations, Submissions, Proposals and Talks

Schield-Organized Statistical Literacy Sessions (1998–2013 and 2019)