Applied Statistics as a growth engine for statistics programmes


Authors: 
Chris Wild
Pages: 
online
Year: 
2008
Publisher: 
Proceedings from the 6TH AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE ON TEACHING STATISTICS (OZCOTS)
URL: 
http://silmaril.math.sci.qut.edu.au/ozcots2008/OZCOTS-08-Proceedings.pdf
Abstract: 

We explore the tensions between cooperation and competition in the context of improving<br>the content, delivery and penetration of statistics education, and improving the health of statistics<br>groups in universities. University education has many more parallels with business than most of<br>us appreciate. Our environments are increasingly competitive on many, many levels. Competing<br>well is essential for us to prosper, certainly. But it is sometimes necessary even for survival. It is<br>suicidal for us just to be warm, fuzzy, nurturing educators who expect the world to appreciate our<br>essential worth and reward us accordingly. We have also to be entrepreneurs and battlefield<br>strategists. We explore models for increasing the numbers of students studying statistics,<br>improving their educational experiences, and increasing the usefulness of the statistics education<br>they receive. Along the way we develop sets of principles to guide our planning and operations.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education

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