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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.

A response to White and Gorard: Against inferential statistics: How and why current statistics teaching gets it wrong (2017)
Journal Article
Nicholson, J., & Ridgway, J. (2017). A response to White and Gorard: Against inferential statistics: How and why current statistics teaching gets it wrong. Statistics Education Research Journal, 16(1), 66-73

White and Gorard make important and relevant criticisms of some of the methods commonly used in social science research, but go further by criticising the logical basis for inferential statistical tests. This paper comments briefly on matters we broa... Read More about A response to White and Gorard: Against inferential statistics: How and why current statistics teaching gets it wrong.