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Activity Number: 186
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Monday, August 10, 2015 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Abstract #315666 View Presentation
Title: Visual Analytics and the Introductory Statistics Course: Time for a Paradigm Shift
Author(s): Benjamin Adams*
Companies: The University of Alabama
Keywords: business statistics ; visual analytics ; teaching ; quantitative literacy ; statistics curriculum
Abstract:

The content of introductory courses in statistics has changed little in recent decades. Visual Analytics is emerging as a powerful tool for transforming data into insight and information (or misinformation). The introductory business statistics course serves as a platform for discussing quantitative literacy of students likely to take only a single statistics course. Business students, in particular, benefit from exposure to highly interactive and exploratory visual analytics methods. A better balance among exploratory, predictive and inferential methods is proposed. What should stay and what should go in the next generation of introductory statistics courses? Come be a part of the discussion.


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