Editors’ Note: Spring 2023
Statistics Teacher editors Jessica Cohen, Catherine Case, and Charlotte Bolch provide an overview of the articles in this issue.
Posts tagged ‘inference’
Mar 23
Mar 23
If You Only Have One Hour … Teaching Statistical Inference to Youth
Beth Chance, Elsa Medina, and Jacquelyn Silverbush share a series of activities used with students in grades 4–6 to introduce statistical inference. The article is structured based on the amount of time to devote to the topic.
Apr 12
Skew The Script: A Website Offering Socially Relevant Math Lessons
Skew The Script lessons identify misleading data arguments and show students how the tools of statistics can be used to gain a deeper understanding of some of our country’s longstanding problems. Even more important, the lessons provide students from widely differing backgrounds with a common analytical lens (rigorous data analysis) for heightened discourse around social issues.
Mar 29
Skew The Script: A Website Offering Socially Relevant Math Lessons
Skew The Script lessons identify misleading data arguments and show students how the tools of statistics can be used to gain a deeper understanding of some of our country’s longstanding problems. Even more important, the lessons provide students from widely differing backgrounds with a common analytical lens (rigorous data analysis) for heightened discourse around social issues.
Sep 19
Ambiguity: The Biggest Challenge Lies Ahead
Thoughtful statisticians know what far too many users of statistical methods do not, the big and open secret that hides in plain sight: Inference from data cannot be reduced to rules.
