JSM Activity #457

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457 Theme Session Thu, 8/7/03, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM H-Continental Ballroom 6
Using the History of Statistics to Improve the Teaching of Statistics - Invited - Papers
International Association for Statistical Education, Section on Statistical Education, International Statistical Institute, Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences
Organizer(s): Carol Joyce Blumberg, Winona State University
Chair(s): Carol Joyce Blumberg, Winona State University
     10:35 AM   The History of Statistics in the Classroom — Herbert A. David, Iowa State University
     11:00 AM   Probability and Statistics Ideas in the Classroom--Lessons from History — David R. Bellhouse, University of Western Ontario
     11:25 AM   Learning from the Coercive Power of Numerical Evidence: Three Classical Examples — Fred L. Bookstein, University of Michigan
     11:50 AM   Disc: Jay L. Devore, California Polytechnic State University
     12:00 PM   Disc: Jeffrey A. Witmer, Oberlin College
     12:10 PM   Floor Discussion
 

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Revised March 2003