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Fwd:Link Correction: Webinar June 12, 2018 at 2:00 pm EDT, Presented by Albert Kim

by LAURA BURGHARD

Webinar: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 2:00-3:00 PM EDT Presented by : Albert Kim (Middlebury College) Title: "Tame" data principles and the fivethirtyeight R package Please sign up to register, link to register : https://www.causeweb.org/cause/webinar/teaching/2018-06 [ https://www.causeweb.org/cause/webinar/teaching/2017-10 ] Abstract: [ http://fivethirtyeight.com/ | FiveThirtyEight.com ] is a data journalism website founded by Nate Silver that makes many of the datasets used for their articles openly available on [ http://github.com/ | GitHub.com ] . The fivethirtyeight R package acts as an intermediary to make all this data, its documentation, and links to the original articles easily accessible to R users. Furthermore, the package "tames" the data: the data is pre-processed enough so that the biggest barriers to data exploration faced by novice R users are eliminated, but not so much that the true nature of the data as it exists "in the wild" is completely betrayed. In this webinar, I will present the corresponding set of "tame" data principles, discuss the pedagogical thinking behind them, and present illustrative examples involving datasets from articles on [ http://fivethirtyeight.com/ | FiveThirtyEight.com ] . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Logistics: The webinar will be conducted using the GoToWebinar software platform. A computer with internet access is all you need. GoToWebinar offers audio participation through your computer microphone. All registered webinar attendees will receive a confirmation email generated by the GoToWebinar system upon registering. This email includes a link to enter the webinar . Keep this confirmation email as you will use this link to enter the webinar – you will also be sent a reminder with the link two hours before the webinar begins. Once you leave the webinar , you cannot re-enter. If you have not used GoToWebinar before, please review the information below. The webinar will be recorded and the archived version will be available on-line within a few days following the presentation, if you are unable to attend. For PC-based participants: * Internet Explorer 7.0 or newer, Mozilla Firefox 4.0 or newer or Google Chrome 5.0 or newer. JavaScript must be enabled. * Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server. * Cable modem, DSL, or better Internet connection. * Dual-core 2.4GHz CPU or faster with 2GB of RAM or more. * Participants wishing to connect to audio using VoIP will need a fast Internet connection, a microphone and speakers (or USB headset). For Mac-based participants: * Safari 3.0 or newer, Firefox 4.0 or newer or Google Chrome 5.0 or newer. JavaScript must be enabled. * Mac OS X 10.6 – Snow Leopard or newer. * Intel processor with 1GB of RAM or more. * Cable modem, DSL, or better Internet connection. * Macs have built-in speakers and a microphone with ambient noise reduction that will work well for VoIP. re to unsubscribe </a>

5 years, 3 months

Webinar June 12, 2018 at 2:00 pm EDT, Presented by Albert Kim

by LAURA BURGHARD

Webinar: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 2:00-3:00 PM EDT Presented by : Albert Kim (Middlebury College) Title: "Tame" data principles and the fivethirtyeight R package Please sign up to register, link to register : [ https://www.causeweb.org/cause/webinar/teaching/2018-04 | https://www.causeweb.org/cause/webinar/teaching/2018-06 ] [ https://www.causeweb.org/cause/webinar/teaching/2017-10 ] Abstract: [ http://fivethirtyeight.com/ | FiveThirtyEight.com ] is a data journalism website founded by Nate Silver that makes many of the datasets used for their articles openly available on [ http://github.com/ | GitHub.com ] . The fivethirtyeight R package acts as an intermediary to make all this data, its documentation, and links to the original articles easily accessible to R users. Furthermore, the package "tames" the data: the data is pre-processed enough so that the biggest barriers to data exploration faced by novice R users are eliminated, but not so much that the true nature of the data as it exists "in the wild" is completely betrayed. In this webinar, I will present the corresponding set of "tame" data principles, discuss the pedagogical thinking behind them, and present illustrative examples involving datasets from articles on [ http://fivethirtyeight.com/ | FiveThirtyEight.com ] . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Logistics: The webinar will be conducted using the GoToWebinar software platform. A computer with internet access is all you need. GoToWebinar offers audio participation through your computer microphone. All registered webinar attendees will receive a confirmation email generated by the GoToWebinar system upon registering. This email includes a link to enter the webinar . Keep this confirmation email as you will use this link to enter the webinar – you will also be sent a reminder with the link two hours before the webinar begins. Once you leave the webinar , you cannot re-enter. If you have not used GoToWebinar before, please review the information below. The webinar will be recorded and the archived version will be available on-line within a few days following the presentation, if you are unable to attend. For PC-based participants: * Internet Explorer 7.0 or newer, Mozilla Firefox 4.0 or newer or Google Chrome 5.0 or newer. JavaScript must be enabled. * Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server. * Cable modem, DSL, or better Internet connection. * Dual-core 2.4GHz CPU or faster with 2GB of RAM or more. * Participants wishing to connect to audio using VoIP will need a fast Internet connection, a microphone and speakers (or USB headset). For Mac-based participants: * Safari 3.0 or newer, Firefox 4.0 or newer or Google Chrome 5.0 or newer. JavaScript must be enabled. * Mac OS X 10.6 – Snow Leopard or newer. * Intel processor with 1GB of RAM or more. * Cable modem, DSL, or better Internet connection. * Macs have built-in speakers and a microphone with ambient noise reduction that will work well for VoIP. re to unsubscribe </a>

5 years, 3 months

SERJ Volume 17, Number 1 now available

by LAURA BURGHARD

Editors Manfred Borovcnik, Jennifer Kaplan, Maxine Pfannkuch and Beth Chance are pleased to announce the publication of a new issue of the Statistics Education Research Journal (SERJ). Volume 17, Number 1, May 2018 Editorial (and front matter) [ https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17%281%29_Editorial.pdf | https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17(1)_Editorial.pdf ] Sampling in the Wild: How Attention to Variation Supports Middle School Students' Sampling Practice Michelle E. Forsythe [ https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17%281%29_Forsythe.pdf | https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17(1)_Forsythe.pdf ] Preservice Teachers Comparing Groups with Tinkerplots—An Exploratory Laboratory Study Daniel Frischemeier and Rolf Biehler [ https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17%281%29_Frischemeier.pdf | https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17(1)_Frischemeier.pdf ] Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Planned Approaches for Teaching Standard Deviation Maryann E. Huey, Joe Champion, Stephanie Casey, and Nicholas H. Wasserman [ https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17%281%29_Huey.pdf | https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17(1)_Huey.pdf ] Effects of Question Stem on Student Descriptions of Histograms Jennifer Kaplan, Alexander Lyford, and Jeremy Jennings [ https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17%281%29_Kaplan.pdf | https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17(1)_Kaplan.pdf ] Comparing Student Success and Understanding in Introductory Statistics under Consensus and Simulation-Based Curricula Laura Hildreth, Jim Robison-Cox, and Jade Schmidt [ https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17%281%29_Hildreth.pdf | https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17(1)_Hildreth.pdf ] The Impact of a Flipped Classroom Model of Learning on a Large Undergraduate Statistics Class Perpetua Lynne Nielsen, Nathan William Bean, and Ross Allen Andrew Larsen [ https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17%281%29_Nielsen.pdf | https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17(1)_Nielsen.pdf ] Evaluation of Theoretical and Empirical Characteristics of the Communication, Language, And Statistics Survey (CLASS) Amy E. Wagler and Lawrence M. Lesser [ https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17%281%29_Wagler.pdf | https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17(1)_Wagler.pdf ] Conferences [ https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17%281%29_conferences.pdf | https://iase-web.org/documents/SERJ/SERJ17(1)_conferences.pdf ] Please visit the main SERJ page at [ http://iase-web.org/Publications.php?p=SERJ | http://iase-web.org/Publications.php?p=SERJ ] for information about submitting manuscripts for review, and to access past issues. We apologize if you receive duplicate copies of this announcement or if you received it in error. ***************************************************************************

5 years, 4 months

ECOTS 2018 is now Underway!

by LAURA BURGHARD

ECOTS 2018 is now Underway! The eCOTS virtual conference is now underway – but there’s still time to register and participate! You can view the program and register on the conference website at [ https://www.causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots18 | https://www.causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots18 ]

5 years, 4 months

Don't forget to sign up for a regional conference when you register for eCOTS

by LAURA BURGHARD

Along with a virtual program offering 37 hours of amazing content, eCOTS also has affiliated regional face-to-face conferences at nine locations (see [ https://www.causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots18/regional-conferences | https://www.causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots18/regional-conferences ] ). There is no additional cost for the regional conferences but you do need to sign up when you register for eCOTS. If you've already registered for eCOTS and forgot to sign up for your local event - no worries - you can still go log back in to your registration and add that. If you don't have a regional conference near you - eCOTS still offers keynote presentations by Jeff Leek ( Monday May 21 at 1 p.m.) and Dick DeVeaux ( Wednesday May 23 at 1 p.m.), four workshops disseminating the efforts of NSF funded statistics education projects, 40 virtual posters, two sponsored presentations by our premier sponsors, four birds-of-a-feather discussion groups, and a variety of sessions and panels on theme-related topics. There's something for all levels and interests. Registration at [ http://www.causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots18/register | www.causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots18/register ] is only $25 ($15 if you work or study at a CAUSE institutional member).

5 years, 4 months

The CAUSE Cartoon Caption Contest for May is now taking entries

by LAURA BURGHARD

The CAUSE Cartoon Caption Contest for May is now taking entries The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education is happy to announce our 24th Cartoon Caption Contest (that’s right – fully two years now). Each month a cartoon, drawn by British cartoonist John Landers, will be posted for you and your students to suggest statistical captions. Note that the cartoons are posted at the beginning of the month month and submissions are due at the end of the month regardless of when the winners are announced. Student entries are always welcome - this can be a fun exercise to assign to your class. The next cartoon and the entry rules for the contest ending May 31st are at [ https://www.causeweb.org/cause/caption-contest/may/2018/submissions | https://www.causeweb.org/cause/caption-contest/may/2018/submissions ] The best captions will be posted on CAUSEweb and the winner(s) will receive their choice of a coffee mug or t-shirt imprinted with the cartoon. Enjoy. April Results: The April caption contest had 47 entries and featured a cartoon showing two men out in the rain. One man is standing under an umbrella that looks like a normal curve while the other guy is being poked in the eye by the “tail” end of the umbrella. There were two co-winners for the April contest. The first was "Open your eyes to catch the significant events occurring at the tails," written by Debmalya Nandy, a student at Penn State University (60% of this month’s entries were from students). Debmalya’s caption can be readily used in discussing the effect of outliers – especially on significance testing. The second winner was “Actuaries write umbrella policies to cover freak accidents,” by Larry Lesser from The University of Texas at El Paso. Larry’s caption makes the cartoon useful in applied probability courses to discuss the nature of actuarial work and the importance of accounting for rare events. One honorable mention this month goes to “If you don't meet the Normality assumption, you're left out in the rain!” written by Chantal Larose from Eastern Connecticut State University. A rare double honorable mention goes to Jim Alloway from EMSQ Associates for two great captions "Being in the middle of the normal curve is comfortable; it’s the tails that you have to watch out for," and for "Ignoring the tails will get you every time.” Thanks to everyone who submitted a caption and remember to let your students know about the CAUSE caption contest!

5 years, 4 months

It’s time to register … eCOTS 2018 is just around the corner!

by LAURA BURGHARD

It’s time to register … eCOTS 2018 is just around the corner! Another exciting eCOTS virtual conference on teaching statistics is just around the corner so today ’s the day to register. This year’s conference is built around the theme of “Data Science for All!” and provides 37 hours of programming between Monday May 21st and Friday May 25th . This includes keynote presentations by Jeff Leek ( Monday at 1 p.m.) and Dick DeVeaux ( Wednesday at 1 p.m.), four workshops disseminating the efforts of NSF funded statistics education projects, 40 virtual posters, two sponsored presentations, four birds-of-a-feather discussion groups, and a variety of sessions and panels on theme-related topics. There’s something for all levels and interests. Also, when you register, don’t forget to sign up for a face-to-face eCOTS affiliated regional conference near you. Registration at [ https://www.causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots18/register | https://www.causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots18/register ] is only $25 ($15 if you work or study at a CAUSE institutional member).

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