Teaching Statistics - Despite its Applications.
(2007)
Journal Article
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
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 requ... Read More about Teaching Statistics - Despite its Applications..