Statistics and mathematics: On making a happy marriage.


Book: 
Thinking and reasoning with data and chance: Sixty-eighth Yearbook.
Authors: 
Scheaffer, R. L.
Editors: 
Burrill, G. F.
Type: 
Category: 
Pages: 
309-321
Year: 
2006
Publisher: 
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Reston, VA.
Abstract: 

This article explores the complementarity of statistical reasoning and mathematical thinking in the mathematical sciences. The difference between the two is illustrated by critically examining some items used to test students' understanding in data analysis and statistics.

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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