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Statistical literacy: "understanding
the basic language of statistics (e.g., knowing what statistical terms and
symbols mean and being able to read statistical graphs), and understanding
some fundamental ideas of statistics."
GAISE College Report
"Statistical literacy is the ability to
read and interpret summary statistics in the everyday media: in graphs,
tables, statements, surveys and studies. Statistical literacy is
needed by data consumers – students in non-quantitative majors: majors with
no quantitative requirement such as political science, history, English,
primary education, communications, music, art and philosophy. About 40% of
all US college students graduating in 2003 had non-quantitative majors."
By Milo Schield in "Assessing Statistical Literacy: Take CARE" Ch 11 in
Assessment Methods in Statistical Education, pp. 133-152.
Wiley 2010 Schield excerpts
Short introduction to Statistical Literacy.
For more on confounding, see Standardizing.
UK Parliament Briefing paper on Statistical Literacy
Statistical literacy: "the ability to
read and interpret statistics, and think critically about arguments that use
statistics as evidence"
United Nations
Development Dictionary (move slider to "s") [link broken/missing in
2012]
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2012 May 4:
Math-QL Academic Position at Bay Path College in Longmeadow, MA.
" The College is very eager to
refocus our mathematics and statistics courses on quantitative
literacy and numeracy with a special effort to building these skills
into numerous components of our entire curriculum. We are especially
interested in an individual – regardless of academic preparation –
who can help to lead this effort."
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2012 April 24:
Data and Statistical Literacy. An interactive
web-based tutorial that promotes the development of critical
thinking and [information] evaluative skills.
Posted by Susan Metcalf (Western Carolina University) on MERLOT:
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching.
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2012 April: "Welcome
to Statistical Literacy, the science of understanding".
This site is about statistical literacy in Farsi. It is trying to
help society to understand statistics and its applications. Try it
and enjoy...
Site owner: Afshin Ashofteh (). "Statistical literacy is a
term used to describe an individual's or group's ability to
understand statistics. Statistical literacy is necessary for
citizens to understand material presented in publications such as
newspapers, television and the internet. Numeracy is a
prerequisite to being statistically literate. Being
statistical literate is sometimes taken to include having both the
ability to critically evaluate statistical material and to
appreciate the relevance of statistically-based approaches to all
aspects of life in general." "Upper limit minds discuss
ideas; Average minds discuss events; Lower limit minds discuss
people."
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2012 Apr 5:
Education,
statistics and the big data future by Tom King (RSS News) -
2012 Apr 2: Statways:
New statistics course aims to accelerate college students’ path to
success. EdSource Extra -
2012 Mar 27: Obama administration
to push big data agenda
by Barb Darrow (blog).
"Here are three things the feds could do right off the bat to
promote better use of big data:(1) put the government’s own data
sets into open formats, (2) push states to include a data or
statistical literacy component in their education plans, and (3)
establish ways to continuously collect data on prescribed topics as
opposed to relying on temporary snapshots"-
2012 Mar 23:
Statistical Literacy blog by Armin Grossenbacher. Good
overview of data literacy, visualization and communication. -
2012 Mar 22:
Statistical
literacy in film studies by Nick Redfern (blog) -
2012 Mar 22:
RSSCSE Pathways to Teaching
Statistics.
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2012 Mar 16: New book:
Student Writing in the Quantitative Disciplines: A Guide for College
Faculty by Patrick Bahls.
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2012 Feb 21:
Math Matters: America's Innumeracy by Walter Williams.
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2012 Feb 8:
Millions, Billions, Zillions: Why (In)numeracy Matters
by Brian Kernighan (Berkman Fellow & Department of Computer Science,
Princeton University) at Harvard Univ.
PDF
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2012 Feb 6:
Presentation Skills: Bring Statistics to Life
-- by Carmine Gallo in Forbes. "Statistics often don’t mean much if
left on their own. In fact, the bigger the number, the more
important it is to put into context. Have fun with it. Brainstorm
ways to add context around the statistic and bring it to life with
interesting, compelling PowerPoint visuals. It’s estimated that on
any given day 30 million PowerPoint presentations are delivered.
That’s the equivalent of 20,000 presentations started every minute.
Most of those presentations are bland, confusing, and convoluted,
especially if they are full of statistics, charts and graphs. Don’t
add to the confusion. By bringing statistics to life, your audience
will be more likely to recall the information later and thoroughly
enjoy your presentation."-
2012 Feb 1:
RSS GetStats: Proposes
12 ‘number
hygiene’ rules for journalists.
Two-page text-only copy
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2012 Feb:
Project-SET (Statistics
Education for Teachers) Opens new NSF-funded
website for those interested in teacher preparation.
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2012 Jan 13 UTSA QLP Program
Guidelines for Q-Course Grant Submission Proposals (Due
Jan 13, 2012).
Q-Course Proposal Worksheet.
Quantitative Literacy Course (Q-course) Development Grants:
Invitation to faculty (11/7/2011). All based on the
8 "EVALUATE" learning outcomes.
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2012 May
14-18 eCOTS-2012:
Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics.
"designed to focus on undergraduate-level statistics education
(including AP Statistics), with a target audience of statistics
teachers." Three themes: (1) Teaching Statistics: Debating
some of the Big Ideas, (2) Statistics for the Modern Student and (3)
Reaching Out and Building Relationships Beyond the College
Statistics.
Agenda (pdf).
eCOTS Keynote speakers and
breakout sessions.
Using advertisements to teach statistical literacy" with Rose
Martinez-Dawson, Clemson University.
Tues
noon (EDT) Schield and Isaacson will present a "big-ideas" webinar: "A ‘Second’
Statistics Course is Needed: What should it be?
Abstract.
Schield will present a poster-webinar:
Big Data Generates
Beguiling Coincidences.
Abstract
6up-slides
video (5min, 8mb)-
2012 May
15-17. Keene State College plans Integrative
Quantitative
Literacy (IQL) Faculty workshop.
Part of Keene's Integrative Studies Program (ISP). Milo
Schield will give six talks and a workshop on statistical literacy.
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2012 May
31.
Call for papers. International Academy of Business and
Economics (IABE), Las Vegas,
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2012 May
31 - June 2.
Quantitative Reasoning in Math and Science Education Symposium.
2nd
annoucement.
WISDOMe of the University of Wyoming, the NSF Pathways
Project, a multiple university Mathematics and Science Partnership
(MSP) housed at Colorado State University, and the Georgia Southern
University Office of Research invite you to participate in the
International STEM Research Symposium to be held in Savannah,
Georgia May 31 through June 2, 2012 at the Marriott Savannah
Riverfront Hotel. This symposium is a continuation of efforts in
WISDOMe
to establish an active research collaborative focused on
quantitative reasoning. This effort has already spawned a research
conference, working sessions at PME and NCTM, and a monograph on QR.
The symposium will incorporate four themes: Quantitative Reasoning
(QR), Mathematics as a Lived Experience (DIME), Technology in
Mathematics Teaching (TTAME), and Learning Progressions (LP). The
focus is on QR with discussions in the other three themes framed
within QR.
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2012 June
1-3
IISSAM, the International Institute for SoTL Mentors and
Scholars.
Held at Loyola Marymount University, in Los Angeles, CA.
Plenary
speakers: Mary Huber, Eric Strauss, and Jennifer Meta Robinson. Tony
Ciccone will lead a preconference
workshop on May 31, 2012.
Registration and call for posters.-
2012 June
11-14 6th Annual
International Conference on Mathematics, Statistics and Education
(Teaching) Mathematics and Statistics.
Athens, Greece. Contact: Professor Gregory T. Papanikos.
Organized by: Athens Institute for Education and Research.
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 14 February 2012.
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2012: July 2-6:
IASE Roundtable Conference on Technology in Statistics Education:
Virtualities and Realities,
Cebu City Philippines. October 1,
2011 for submission of summaries of papers to the Chair of the 2012
Roundtable Scientific Program Committee.
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2012: July 8-15.
ICME-12
Seoul Korea. See TSG12: Teaching and learning of statistics. Deadline
for proposals: Nov 1, 2011. E-mail call for proposals: Topics of interest include
"Statistical literacy (its role in the curriculum, the challenges in
preparing teachers to teach with statistical literacy as a goal)"
ICME-12 website: "Statistical literacy and its role in the curriculum including the
content that is important for achieving statistical literacy and the
challenges in preparing teachers to teach with statistical literacy
as a goal. "-
2012: July
9-12.
ASC2012. Australian Statistics Conference, Adelaide.
Other events.
Other
conferences-
2012: July 9-13.
RC33 Eighth
International Social Science Methodology.
University of Sydney. Open abstract submissions 2 Sept 2011; Close abstract submissions 1
December 2011; Papers due 10 April 2012 -
2012: July 9-14.
World Congress on
Probability and Statistics. Istanbul.
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2012: July 28-Aug 2.
ASA Joint Statistical Meetings San Diego.
Online
program
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SUN 4 pm Contributed session #74.
Statistical Literacy: Historical References,
Interpretations and Implications by Milo
Schield
Abstract
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SUN 4 pm Invited session
46. Causation in Statistics: A Gentle Introduction
by Judea Pearl
Abstract
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MON 7 - 8:15 am.
Breakfast roundtable
97. ML11: Teaching epidemiological thinking by
Milo Schield
Abstract
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MON 10:30 - 12:15.
Statistical Literacy 2012 session
156. Is Statistical Literacy at
Risk with Common Core Standards? by Kathy Hall
Abstract;
How Economic and Social Statistics became the
Stepchildren of the Profession by Othmar Winkler
Abstract; Teaching Quantitative Reasoning Skills: A Numeracy Infusion Course for Higher
Education (NICHE) by Esther Wilder
Abstract; Clinician Numeracy
Clinical Numeracy - Getting the Gist of Health Risks by
Caverly et al.
Abstract; Lost:
Assessing Student Survival Skills in the Statistical
Wilderness using Real Data by Marc Isaacson
Abstract.
MON 10:30-12:15 Invited Session
266: A new u-statistic with superior design sensitivity in matched
observational studies by Paul R Rosenbaum, University of Pennsylvania
Abstract
> MON 12:30-1:50 Lunch roundtable:
ML22 ´Big Data’ in the Introductory Applied Statistics Course?
John McKenzie, Babson College
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TUES 7-8:15 am. Breakfast roundtable
261 Observational studies and epidemiological thinking:
Interpreting health studies based on observational data by
Jareen Meinzen-Derr
Abstract.
TUES 8:30 - 5:00 Workshop ($370) CE_08C Targeted Learning:
Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Data
TUES 8:30-10:30 am. Contributed session
Visualising complex models
611.
Model deconstruction and Hill causality by William Heavlin
Abstract
TUES
8:30 - 10:20 AM. Invited session
266. A new u-statistic with superior design sensitivity in
matched observational studies
by Paul R Rosenbaum.
Abstract
TUES 2-3:50 pm. Topic-contributed session
Improving
causal analysis in observational studies
391. Making instrumental variables look more like experimental design
by Baiocchi and Small
Abstract
TUES 2-3:50 pm. Topic contributed session
The Search for
Missing Data
383. Two
Intent-to-Treat Principles by Thomas Permutt.
Abstract
Wed 12:30-1:50
Roundtable: WL26 How Do We Adjust for Confounding Factors in
Environmental Health? Francesca Dominici, Harvard Univ.
WED 2-3:50 pm. Invited session
Are Fine
Particulates Killing Californians?
545. Background and Evaluation of Evidence by James E. Enstrom
Abstract
THURS: 10:30-12:30 Contributed session
Problems in
Non-parametrics
650.
Instrumental variables for causal inference: deciding when to use
them by Boriska Toth and Mark van der Laan.
Abstract-
2012: Sept
12-14.
International Association of Official Statistics (IAOS).
Kiev, Ukraine. Topics and Panel include Statistical Literacy .
Sessions.
Abstracts due by Dec 1, 2011.-
2012: Oct
12-14. NNN
Conference: QL at Work: Navigating the Worlds of Journalism,
Finance, Business, and Citizenship. New York City.
Dinner FRI October 12th night at Lehman
College; Keynote Speaker: Andy Serwer, Managing Editor of Fortune
Magazine. Meetings SAT October 13th at Macaulay Honors
College. NNN business meeting SUN October 14th (open to
conference attendees). Proposals for 20 minute talks or
90 minute sessions should be sent to Eric Gaze egaze@bowdoin.edu by
August 1. Logistical information and Registration can be found
on the NNN website http://serc.carleton.edu/nnn/index.html.
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2013: August
25-30. 59th
ISI WSC 2013
in Hong Kong.
Call for session
proposals. Call for
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2014: July 7-11.
2014 IMS Annual Meeting Sydney, Australia
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