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Interactive visualisations and statistical literacy (2017)
Journal Article
Sutherland, S., & Ridgway, J. (2017). Interactive visualisations and statistical literacy. Statistics Education Research Journal, 16(1), 26-30

Statistical literacy involves engagement with the data one encounters. New forms of data and new ways to engage with data – notably via interactive data visualisations – are emerging. Some of the skills required to work effectively with these new vis... Read More about Interactive visualisations and statistical literacy.

Visualizing complex data and working with visual data representations of multivariate data (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nicholson, J., Ridgway, J., McCusker, S., & Sutherland, S. (2015). Visualizing complex data and working with visual data representations of multivariate data.

The world is a complex place, and to describe almost any interesting aspect of the world adequately requires multivariate data, or at least a number of related univariate data sets. A collaboration between the House of Commons Library and the SMART C... Read More about Visualizing complex data and working with visual data representations of multivariate data.

Designing Interactive Displays to Promote Effective use of Evidence (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sutherland, S., Hedger, S., Ireland, M., & Ridgway, J. (2015). Designing Interactive Displays to Promote Effective use of Evidence. In M. Sorto (Ed.), Advances in statistics education : developments, experiences and assessments. Proceedings of the Satellite conference of the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE), July 2015, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Interactive displays are increasing being used to convey information, and are a significant factor in promoting statistical literacy (and illiteracy). Durham University and the House of Commons Library are collaborating to create data visualisations... Read More about Designing Interactive Displays to Promote Effective use of Evidence.

Strategies for Public Engagement with Official Statistics (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridgway, J., Nicholson, J., Sutherland, S., & Hedgers, S. (2015). Strategies for Public Engagement with Official Statistics. In M. Sorto (Ed.), Advances in statistics education : developments, experiences and assessments. Proceedings of the Satellite conference of the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE), July 2015, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

High quality data are available on a very wide range of topics. However, there are barriers to be overcome before citizens engage with these data. First is access; data are often distributed across different websites. Second is exposure; data need to... Read More about Strategies for Public Engagement with Official Statistics.

Implications of the data revolution for statistics education (2015)
Journal Article
Ridgway, J. (2016). Implications of the data revolution for statistics education. International Statistical Review, 84(3), 528-549. https://doi.org/10.1111/insr.12110

There has never been a more exciting time to be involved in statistics. Emerging data sources provide new sorts of evidence, provoke new sorts of questions, make possible new sorts of answers and shape the ways that evidence is used to influence poli... Read More about Implications of the data revolution for statistics education.

Crimes Against Statistical Inference: Forcing Teachers to be Accessories after the (Absence of) Fact. (2011)
Journal Article
Ridgway, R., & Ridgway, J. (2011). Crimes Against Statistical Inference: Forcing Teachers to be Accessories after the (Absence of) Fact. Online educational research journal,

Reports on pupil performance form an important element in the efforts to improve the quality of education. Here, we examine the practicalities of making reliable judgements about changes in school performance over time. In a very large number of prim... Read More about Crimes Against Statistical Inference: Forcing Teachers to be Accessories after the (Absence of) Fact..

Developing Statistical Literacy in Students and Teachers. (2011)
Book Chapter
Ridgway, J., Nicholson, J., & McCusker, S. (2011). Developing Statistical Literacy in Students and Teachers. In C. Batanera, G. Burrill, & C. Reading (Eds.), Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics - Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education: A Joint ICMI/IASE Study: The 18th ICMI Study (311-322). (18th ICMI Study). Springer Verlag

While statistical literacy is gaining much more recognition as something that all citizens need in order to function fully in modern society, there is much less agreement as to exactly what is meant by the term. This chapter discusses what statistica... Read More about Developing Statistical Literacy in Students and Teachers..

The Next Great Leap - From Official Data to Public Knowledge. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ridgway, J., Nicholson, J., & McCusker, S. (2009). The Next Great Leap - From Official Data to Public Knowledge. In P. Murphy (Ed.),

Many statistical agencies are attempting to inform citizens about the state of society, and current social changes. The literature on statistical literacy suggests that this might be an uphill struggle. Here, we use a press release from Ireland's Cen... Read More about The Next Great Leap - From Official Data to Public Knowledge..

One Small Step for a Pupil - One Giant Leap for Citizens. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nicholson, J., Ridgway, J., & McCusker, S. (2009). One Small Step for a Pupil - One Giant Leap for Citizens. In P. Murphy (Ed.),

OECD has launched its Global Project that aims to develop new measures of the nature and progress of societies and to increase the capability of citizens to understand and use this information. We contend that this needs to be accompanied by a develo... Read More about One Small Step for a Pupil - One Giant Leap for Citizens..