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Activity Number: 96
Type: Roundtables
Date/Time: Monday, August 2, 2010 : 7:00 AM to 8:15 AM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #307885
Title: Readings for Intro Stat Courses
Author(s): Veda Abu-Bakare*+
Companies: Langara College
Address: 100 W. 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 2Z6, Canada
Keywords: Intro Stat ; Popular Literature ; Readings ; Statistical Literacy
Abstract:

Many of us who teach Intro Stat courses rely for the most part on the textbook and related materials from the publisher. In this round table, we consider using recent books on probability and statistics that have been written for the lay audience such as The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Probable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Struck by Lightning: The Curious World of Probabilities by Jeff Rosenthal. What important statistical ideas can we convey by exposing our students to the popular literature? How can this literature be used to give our students an appreciation of the discipline, its achievements and its controversies?


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