2026 Aug:

JSM Schield: “Bayesian Criteria for Statistical Significance” Slides (PDF, PPTX)
Paper: Tue 8/4 4:50–5:05 pm; Birds Of Feather: Wed 8/5 4 pm; Follow-up Online: Thu 8/13 4–5 pm

2026 Jul:

NAS Survey on Modernizing Mathematics Education.  Schield response

2026 Mar:

“An Alternative Statistics Course.” Presented at the 2026 AAC&U STEM conference.  Video  Slides  Proposal

2026 Mar:

Mu Sigma Rho awards Schield their 2026 William D. Wade Statistics Education award based on “evidence of excellence in classroom teaching in the statistics discipline and … a lifetime devotion to statistics education.”  Nomination  Plaque

2025 Jan:

Citations of Schield Papers  (by Date)

2025 Dec:

Milo Schield's Statistical Literacy Achievements  (CV)

2025 Nov:

ISLP IDSL pre-conference Statistical Literacy workshop (Nov 22)  Announcement  Flyer  Video
IDSL Conference Advertisement (Nov 25)  Announcement  Schedule  Video
Schield Closing Keynote: Statistical Literacy and Statistical Significance. Slides (PDF and PPT)

2025 Oct:

Statistical Literacy: Introducing Observational Causation.
Submitted to the 2025 JSM Proceedings.

2025 Jul:

Statistical Literacy Provides Research Opportunities (abstract).
Schield: For presentation at RoSE online July 31.

2025 Jun:

USCOTS: Teaching How Disparities Can Be Influenced  (Poster)

2024 Aug:

Statistical Literacy: Ratio-Based Grammar Research.
Schield: Proceedings of the Section on Statistics and Data Science Education. Aug 6, 2024

2024 Aug:

Causal Inference and Statistical Literacy: Handout.
Schield: Joint Statistical Meeting, Birds of a Feather Informal Gathering. Aug 7, 2024

2024 Jul:

Using English to Help Students Understand Quantitative ideas.
Schield: Journal of the Assembly for the Teaching of English Gramma . July 1, 2024

2024 Jun:

GAISE 2024 Proposal: Three Introductory Courses.  Slides
Schield: Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics (ECOTS). June 11, 2024

2024 Apr:

Statistical Literacy: A New Course. (Paper).  Video  15 minutes April 30, 2024
Schield: ISLP International Day Of Statistical Literacy. (Closing keynote)

2024 Apr:

Statistical Literacy for General Education.
Schield: AAC&U General Education Meeting: Innovation Track. Providence, RI April 12

2023 Nov:

GAISE 2016: Analysis and Recommendations.  Schield: Technical Report. Nov 5, 2023

2023 Jun:

Statistical Literacy: Humanistic Education for the Future.
Schield: New Directions in the Humanities (NDIH). June 22, 2023

2023 Jun:

Teaching Confounding: Handout and Survey.  USCOTS Two pages. June 2, 2023.

2022 Dec:

Seven Questions for Policymakers.  Schield IASE webinar video   10 minutes  (slides)

2022 Oct:

NNN Annual Meeting Univ. New Mexico Albuquerque. Fri-Sun This week!  Oct 21-23.

Focus on Statistical Literacy. Keynote by Larry Lesser. Talks by teachers & students.
Math 1300 is arguably one of the very few courses that is GAISE 2016 (multivariate) compliant.
Available in-person or online.  Schedule and registration on the NNN website: www.NNN-US.org

Statistical Literacy UNM Math 1300: First Year Results   Schield  ASA JSM  Slides

2022-23 NNN Meeting: Conference program UNM Albuquerque NM.  In person and online

Hurricane Ian: NHC Projection Cone Advisories.  Schield  Sept 23-29, 2022.  Slides

2022 Sep:

Statistical Literacy USA. ISLP 2022 Q3 Newsletter.  By Schield.

2020 Poverty Data by Race and Family Structure Since 1966.  Schield  Slides

Cornfield's 1957 use of causal grammar.  Schield Research paper.

2022 Aug:

Association vs. Causation; Disparity vs. Discrimination.  M. Schield 9/11/2022 ICOTS Rosario Argentina. Online. Slides

Statistical literacy Goes Beyond Quantitative Literacy.  M. Schield  Mathfest  slides  Proposal

Dictionary Definitions of Bias (noun).  M. Schield

Othmar Winkler, RIP.  Wilhelm Winkler by Alexander Perwinkler.  1984.

2022 Jun:

Statistical Literacy: Seven Simple Questions for Policymakers.  M. Schield. SJIAOS Invited, peer-reviewed 6/12/2022

Statistical Literacy: Critical Thinking about Confounding.  Conference on Critical Thinking.  Slides  Announcement  Video (25 minute)

Statistical Literacy: Critical Thinking about Statistics.  Conference on Critical Thinking.  Slides  Announcement  Video (25 minute)

Statistics and Quantitative Literacy.  Richard L. Schaeffer. 2004. Quantitative Literacy: Why Numeracy Matters.

References to Confounding in De Veaux Intro Stats Introductory Statistics 5th ed. by De Veaux, Velleman and Bock.  2018.

European Statistics Schools Competition Winners.  Eurostat.

Statistical Literacy Proposal  by M. Schield Augsburg 1997.

2022 May:

Introducing Statistical Literacy: A Lesson Plan.  Milo Schield  ECOTS Activity 5/24/2022

Teaching Statistical Literacy: Choice of Topics.  Milo Schield.  5/26/2022  ECOTS Birds of a Feather (One-page handout)

ASA JSM Talks related to Statistical Literacy.  M. Schield 2022

Statistical Survey Project Requirements using Minitab.  M. Schield 1992.

2022 Mar:

What Every Educator ... should know about Civic Statistics   by Iddo Gal  IASE workshop  3/14/2022

Math is music; Statistics is literature.  by Richard De Veaux and Paul Velleman  2008

Statistical Literacy in Northeast China   by Robert Giebitz  ICOTS9 (2014) Poster

The Immortal Sowell   by Charles Murray in the Claremont Review  Winter 2021-22

Using Minitab for Exploratory Data Analysis   by Milo Schield 1995  Student handout

2022 Feb:

NNN Keynote1: Jane Miller, Beyond Statistical Significance   3/4/21.

NNN Keynote2: Susan Ganter, Q/L: Promoting Institutional Transformation   3/5/2021
30+ papers,  Register for this online conference at www.NNN-US.org.

2022 Feb:

Statistical Literacy is Essential .... by Anna Bargagliotti and Hollylynne S. Lee.  2/22/2022.

2022 Feb:

Statistical Reasoning Table of Contents   5th edition (2018) by Bennett, Briggs and Triola

2022 Jan:

UNM offers confounder-based statistical literacy course.  ISLP  12/2021  Textbook TOC

The Immortal Sowell   by Charles Murray in the Claremont Review  Winter 2021-22

Schield 2021 Lifetime Statistical Achievements.  Milo Schield, 12/2021

2021 Dec:

NNN Meeting March 4-6, 2022 Hybrid: U. South Florida, Tampa.  Call for Papers.

2021 Oct:

Offering Statistical Literacy Handout.  Schield Research paper Oct, 2021

2021 Aug:

Simpson's Paradox and Covid Deaths.  Schield 8/12/2021 ASA JSM Birds of a Feather  Slides  1 page handout 8/11

2021 Aug:

Statistical Literacy Approved for General Education at U. New Mexico.  Schield 8/11 JSM Full Slides Video;  Speed Slides Video

2021 Aug:

Statistical Literacy: The Diabolical Denominator.  Schield 8/4/2021 MathFest Slides Video

2021 Aug:

A Simple Graphic Method to Assess Correlation  Othmar Winkler 2021  Biometrics and Biostatistics International Journal

2021 Jun:

Teaching Confounding  by Milo Schield. 6/26/2021 USCOTS Two-hour invited workshop. Slides 

2021 Jun:

Statistical Literacy for Policy Makers  Schield 7/16/2021 Slides  ISI ISLP: Stat & Data Lit for Policy Makers

2021 Jun:

Ambiguity of Phi in Excel  by Milo Schield.

2021 May:

The War on Statistical Significance  by Donald Macnaughton.  A must-read for statistical educators.

2021 May:

125 statistical educators sign up  for Schield's USCOTS workshop: Teaching Confounding. Sat 26 June.

2021 May:

Schield JSM (UNM offers new statistical literacy course). Speed session: Wed Aug 11 at 1:30 EDT.

2021 Apr:

Schield Planned Presentations 2021  StatLit Picks USCOTS Schedule 2021

2021 Mar:

Schield comments:  Dashiell Young-Saver's Dangerous Denominators. New York Times

Nate Bowling's Statistical Literacy is Too Important... in StatsMedic.

2021 Jan:

NNN Meeting Feb 26-28 Announcement  Schedule 28 papers.  Online.

Keynotes:  Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West (Teaching "Calling Bullshit") and Jessica Utts (Confounding)

2020 Dec:

Call for Research on English Grammar Used to Describe and Compare Ratios.  Schield 12/03/2020

2020 Nov:

NNN Call for Papers  By Nov 30. National Numeracy Network Annual Meeting.  Feb 25-27

2020 Nov:

Covid19: Infections, Cases and Deaths (slides) by Milo Schield 11/21/2020

2020 Nov:

NNN-MAA Numeracy Survey: Call for Participants.  National Numeracy Network

2020 Aug:

Statistical Literacy: Scanlan's Paradox.  Schield 8/03  JSM  Slides  Audio

2020 Jul:

2020 Coronavirus Covid-19: An Explanatory Model.  Slides  Milo Schield 7/19/2020.

2020 May:

Controlling for Context by Standardizing.  Schield 5/20 ECOTS  Slides  Video (5 min)

2020 Mar:

Covid19: An Analysis  (slides)  by Milo Schield  03/08

Definitions

“Statistical literacy is the ability to read and interpret summary statistics in the everyday media: in graphs, tables, statements, surveys and studies. Statistical literacy is needed by data consumers — students in non-quantitative majors: majors with no quantitative requirement such as political science, history, English, primary education, communications, music, art and philosophy. About 40% of all US college students graduating in 2003 had non-quantitative majors.”  By Milo Schield in “Assessing Statistical Literacy: Take CARE” Ch 11 in Assessment Methods in Statistical Education, pp. 133-152. Wiley 2010  Schield excerpts

Short introduction to Statistical Literacy.  For more on confounding, see Standardizing.

UK Parliament Briefing paper on Statistical Literacy

Statistical literacy: “the ability to read and interpret statistics, and think critically about arguments that use statistics as evidence”  United Nations Development Dictionary (move slider to “s”) [link broken/missing in 2012]

Statistical literacy: “understanding the basic language of statistics (e.g., knowing what statistical terms and symbols mean and being able to read statistical graphs), and understanding some fundamental ideas of statistics.” GAISE College Report