Teaching Statistics - Despite its Applications.

Ridgway, J.; Nicholson, J.; McCusker, S.

Abstract

Evidence-based policy requires sophisticated modelling and reasoning about complex social data. The current UK statistics curricula do not equip tomorrow's citizens to understand such reasoning. We advocate radical curriculum reform, designed to require students to reason from complex data.

Citation

Ridgway, J., Nicholson, J., & McCusker, S. (2007). Teaching Statistics - Despite its Applications. Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Statistics and Data Science Teaching, 29(2), 44-48. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2007.00276.x

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2007
• Journal: Teaching Statistics
• Print ISSN: 0141-982X
• Electronic ISSN: 1467-9639
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 44-48
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2007.00276.x
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1542882