Preparing for diversity in statistics literacy: Institutional and educational implications


Book: 
Proceedings of the sixth international conference on teaching statistics, Developing a statistically literate society
Authors: 
Murray, S. & Gal, I.
Editors: 
Phillips, B.
Category: 
Pages: 
Online
Year: 
2002
Publisher: 
International Statistical Institute
Place: 
http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications.php?show=1
URL: 
http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications/1/02_mu.pdf
Abstract: 

Improving the public's understanding of statistical information requires that producers or reporters of statistical messages are aware of: The nature of people's statistics literacy, The factors that affect the difficulty of statistics-related messages, The existence of individual or group differences in statistics literacy; and The information needs of different target audiences. Implications are discussed regarding the need to prepare different types of communicative products and formulate strategies for dissemination and public education

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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