Statistical education in the developing countries of Africa: The Nigerian experience


Book: 
The Second International Conference on Teaching Statistics, 1986
Authors: 
Adichie, J. N.
Editors: 
Davidson, R., & Swift, J.
Category: 
Pages: 
29-32
Year: 
1986
Publisher: 
The Second International Committee on Teaching Statistics
Place: 
Victoria, B.C.
Abstract: 

This address will deal only with Statistical Education in post secondary institutions in Nigeria. The problems of Statistical Education can be put into two categories: (a) Problems that are near universal: Acceptability of Statistics as a distinct area of study; insufficient number of statistics teachers at different levels; balance between theory and practice in teaching statistics. (b) Problems that are culture oriented: remoteness of Africa; inadequacy of modern facilities: books, journals, computers for teaching statistics at various levels. For problems under category (a), our solutions are not any different from the ones already suggested and discussed by many eminent statistics educators.

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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