I can't make it to the meeting, but I will raise a glass at ten past eight that same evening!

Quentin

On 5 Oct 2010, at 17:44, RSS Allstat Mailbox wrote:

> An invitation to World Statistics Day and getstats campaign launch
> events at the Royal Statistical Society
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> Wednesday 20 October 2010 (1330-1700 hrs, doors open at 1300 hrs) 
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> Venue: RSS, 12 Errol St, London, EC1Y 8LX (nearest underground stations:
> Old Street, Barbican, Moorgate and Liverpool St) 
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> Entry to both events is free. However, you are encouraged to e-mail
> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>  to let us know that
> you plan to be here. 
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> Please arrive in time to take your seat for the preview screening of
> 'Joy of Stats' which will begin at 1330 hrs (no pre-film adverts!)
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> Programme 
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> 1330-1445                                          A full 1-hr preview
> of BBC-commissioned film 'Joy of Stats' 
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> (plus a short discussion session with the Wingspan Productions team) 
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> 1500-1700                                          Towards more
> accessible conceptions of statistical 
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> inference (a 'read paper' meeting on a landmark statistical education
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> research paper by Professor Chris Wild, University of Auckland,
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> New Zealand and colleagues) 
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> FURTHER INFORMATION 
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> The Joy of Stats takes viewers on a fascinating journey into the world
> of statistics and the remarkable power they have to change our
> understanding of the world we live in. The programme is presented by
> Swedish academic superstar Hans Rosling, who uses the power of
> statistics to change our understanding of global development over the
> last 200 years. In a rollercoaster ride from the bowels of some of the
> world's greatest supercomputers to the frontlines of scientific
> discovery, The Joy of Stats exposes the explosive growth of the best
> method of understanding ourselves and our universe. 
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> This preview event will include a 15-min discussion session with Dan
> Hillman, Producer/Director and Archie Baron, Creative Director, at
> Wingspan Productions, the company which produced the film.
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> N.B. The Joy of Stats is part of 'World of Wonder', the BBC's Year of
> Science 2010. It will be broadcast on BBC Four in December 2010. Seven
> short Joy of Stats films will also be freely available after
> transmission from the Open University at
> www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/joyofstats
> <http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/joyofstats> . 
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> Towards more accessible conceptions of statistical inference is an event
> for academic and professional statisticians, and other subject
> specialists who use statistics to get information from their data,
> researchers in statistics education, teachers of statistics at all
> levels and everybody interested in the future of statistics teaching!
> It is an opportunity to meet and openly discuss this new research paper
> with the authors: Professor Chris Wild, Maxine Pfannkuch and Matt Regan,
> University of Auckland, New Zealand; and Nicholas Horton Smith College,
> USA. The paper is available in downloadable form at
> http://www.rss.org.uk/preprints (for those who would like to read the
> paper before the event). 
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> Their paper is set to transform the international landscape of
> statistical education. It looks afresh at the way statistics is taught
> and 'reconceptualises fundamental concepts'. With technology as the
> ultimate game changer, we can conceptualise in ways that were previously
> unavailable, enabling access to deeper concepts at much earlier stages
> of development.  
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> The paper appeals to us all to draw inspiration from gifted
> communicators of data stories like Hans Rosling; involve ourselves in
> blank-slate thinking; and try to come up with creative new ways in which
> students can interact with and learn from data and conceptualise the big
> ideas of statistics!
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> We look forward to seeing you at both events.
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> Debra Hurcomb
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> Project Manager, getstats campaign 
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> Tel: 020 7614 3934/Fax: 020 7614 3905
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> getstats - A society in which our lives and choices are enriched by an
> understanding of statistics. Please visit www.getstats.org.uk
> <http://www.getstats.org.uk/>  for more information
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