Which is why I wrote "teach the need to consult a statistician", which
is about raising awareness of statistical issues amongst potential users
of statisticians, and which is extremely valuable.
David
On 24/06/2015 23:19, Alexandra Florea wrote:
> That's a very elitist point of view. I respect it, but I will agree to
> disagree. Basic literacy in statistics is necessary, even for those who
> decide to consult the statistician. Have you never been exasperated with
> statistical-illiterate people asking for advice as if statistics were
> some sort of sorcery ?
> On Thu 25 Jun 2015 at 00:15 David Wooff <[log in to unmask]
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> This might be a view you don't want to hear, but don't teach statistics
> superficially. Either teach it as a profession in its own right, deeply,
> warts and all, or teach the need to consult a statistician. If your
> students can't learn a tool such as R, it's a pretty good indication
> that they can't learn statistics.
>
> David
>
> On 24/06/2015 22:02, Margaret MacDougall wrote:
> > Dear Colleagues
> >
> > I would be interested to hear from those of you who have had the
> > opportunity to explore free of charge graphics packages which have
> > similar functionality for constructing graphs to that of the
> commercial
> > package SPSS. I would be grateful for any feedback on how useful such
> > packages might prove for teaching purposes in higher education
> > where learners are specifically non-specialist learners in
> Statistics.
> > These learners will not have the luxury of time in their courses to
> > familiarize themselves with R as a preliminary learning task.
> >
> > Very many thanks
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> > Margaret
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