JSM Preliminary Online Program
This is the preliminary program for the 2007 Joint Statistical Meetings in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The views expressed here are those of the individual authors
and not necessarily those of the ASA or its board, officers, or staff.


Back to main JSM 2007 Program page

Activity Number: 140
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, July 30, 2007 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #309862
Title: Statistics for Innumerate Journalists
Author(s): Stephen Doig*+
Companies: Arizona State University
Address: Cronkite School of Journalism, Tempe, AZ, 85287-1305,
Keywords: journalism ; innumeracy ; statistics education
Abstract:

By and large, journalists tend to be bright people who at some point in public school hit a bad math teacher and from then on decided "I must be a word person, not a numbers person." Unfortunately, good journalism requires competent math skills, to the horror of many otherwise good journalists. This paper will describe strategies for teaching basic math and statistics, from descriptive to linear regression, to math-phobic reporters.

  • The address information is for the authors that have a + after their name.
  • Authors who are presenting talks have a * after their name.

Back to the full JSM 2007 program

JSM 2007 For information, contact jsm@amstat.org or phone (888) 231-3473. If you have questions about the Continuing Education program, please contact the Education Department.
Revised September, 2007