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----- Original Message -----
From: Dani Ben-Zvi <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 4:10 AM
Subject: Re: Statistical Thinking
: Dear Sugata:
:
: The First International Conference on Statistical Reasoning, Thinking and
: Literacy, SRTL-1, was a first attempt to focus a research forum on the
: interrelated and often vaguely defined topics of statistical literacy,
: reasoning, and thinking (http://www.beeri.org.il/SRTL1_archive/).
: At SRTL-1, we proposed the following distinctions between statistical
: literacy, reasoning and thinking:
:
: Statistical literacy: The understanding of statistical language: words,
: symbols, and terms. Being able to interpret graphs and tables. Being
able
: to read and make sense of statistics in the news, media polls, etc. This
is
: sometimes considered to be a set of basic skills, understandings, and
: dispositions, that all citizens need to be critical consumers of
: quantitative information in the world around them.
:
: Statistical reasoning: The use of statistical information to make
decisions,
: prediction, judgments and arguments. Understanding behavior such as how
: samples behave, why large samples are better than small samples, the
nature
: of variability of data, the effect of outliers on statistics, etc.
: Underlying this reasoning is a conceptual understanding of important
: statistical ideas and the ability to recognize and not be misled by
: misconceptions and biases.
:
: Statistical thinking: The type of thinking that statisticians use when
: solving problems that involve data. This involves understanding the
: statistical process as a whole, habits of thinking about data analysis,
the
: selection and use of data analysis tools and procedures, knowing how and
why
: to use different models or methods to understand and interpret data.
:
: We view these three categories as possibly representing sets of cognitive
: processes that form an overlapping hierarchy, going from basic literacy to
: statistical thinking.
:
: Recognizing the large body of work in the general area of reasoning, and
the
: need to distinguish statistical reasoning from mathematical and other
types
: of reasoning, we decided to focus the second Forum (SRTL-2:
: http://www.beeri.org.il/srtl/ ) on different aspects of and factors
related
: to statistical reasoning. The research presented at SRTL-2 coupled with
the
: feedback and discussions will serve as the basis for a proposed edited
book,
: The Challenge of Developing Statistical Literacy, Reasoning, and Thinking.
:
: With best wishes,
:
: Dani
: ___________________________________________________
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: -----Original Message-----
: From: Concerned with the initial learning and teaching of statistics
: [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of adhikari sugata
: Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 20:34
: To: [log in to unmask]
: Subject: Statistical Thinking
:
:
: People these days talk about "Statistical thinking" What is "Statistical
: thinking"? Can it be precisely defined? Is there any material on the
subject
: matter?
:
: I remember H G walse wrote in 1925 “Statistical thinking will one day be
as
: necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write”
:
: How does it apply to our daily life ?
:
:
: Sugata Adhikari
:
: SQC & OR Unit
: ISI
: 27B Camac Street
: Kolekata - 700016
: India
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