Knowledge of statistics is important in the curricula of students in psychology and education. Reasons are twofold. First, in other courses they deal with theories and research studies which rely on statistical analysis. Second, they have to undertake research in which they have to handle, analyse and interpret data. Statistics is for these students a tool, a means of communicating knowledge which is needed to read and evaluate surveys, experiments, and other studies dealing with substantive problems in the field of psychology and education; and is also used in doing research while planning a study, analysing the data, and interpreting the results. Both aspects rely on a knowledge base of statistics and of methodology; the second also requires competence in problem-solving skills.
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