The primary goal of this site is to present statistical literacy as an interdisciplinary activity.
As such it has overlaps with quantitative reasoning, quantitative literacy, numeracy and statistical reasoning.
This site features books, papers and activities related to statistical literacy -- taken broadly from a variety of disciplines.
Those in one discipline may be unaware of what those in other disciplines are doing.
This site tries to bridge those disciplinary boundaries and provide a single source for related materials.

A secondary goal is to present statistical literacy as the study of statistics in everyday arguments.  See Schield (2000b) and Schield (2004c).
This features, but is not limited to, the activities of the W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy Project at Augsburg College.
The W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy Project features a statistical literacy that focuses on

•  how all statistics are socially constructed.  See  Best (2002), Best (2007) and Schield (2007a).

•  the role of context and the influence of confounders.  See Schield (2006).

•  the use of rates and percentages to take into account related factors.  See Schield (2004a).

•  the ability to communicate conditional probabilities using ordinary English.  See Burnham and Schield (2006).

•  the ability to read and interpret tables and graphs of rates and percentages.  See Schield (2001) and Schield (2006).

•  the need for exercises that promote hypothetical thinking.  See Schield (2007b).

•  the role of chance given a large number of trials (the unlikely is almost certain).  See Schield (2005).

•  the influence of a confounder on statistical significance.  See Schield (2004b).

Comments are welcomed.  
Suggestions on materials for this site are provided by correspondents world-wide.
Correspondents include members of the ASA, IASE, RSS, MAA, NNN and IASSIST.

The site is independent of any organization.
The papers listed make assertions; this site focuses primarily on providing access to the papers. 
Listing an author's paper or showing their picture does not imply the author's review or approval.
Listing a conference does not imply review or approval by the organization sponsoring the conference. 

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Milo Schield is the webmaster of this site. 
Milo is the Director of the W. M. Keck Statistical Literacy project and Vice President of the National Numeracy Network.