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Activity Number: 338
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 8, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #307598
Title: Toward Statistical Literacy: Statistics in Everyday Life
Author(s): Hoke Hill, Jr.*+ and William Bridges, Jr. and Rose Martinez-Dawson
Companies: Clemson University and Clemson University and Clemson University
Address: Applied Economics and Statistics Department, Clemson, SC, 29634,
Keywords: statistical literacy ; general education
Abstract:

Statistics in Everyday Life is a course developed to meet a new Science and Technology in Society general education requirement. The purpose of the course is to develop students' statistical literacy through critical interpretation of statistical and probability statements encountered in society. This team-taught course has been offered in Spring 2005, Fall 2005, and Spring 2006. The course is organized into a series of topics of interest to students (polls, meteorology, advertising, lottery, etc.). The authors will discuss how the basics of probability, descriptive statistics, and statistical inference can be incorporated into such a course. The evolution of topic selection and organization will be discussed. Examples of class materials, student assignments, classroom activities, and student group developed web pages will be shown. Student feedback of the course will be presented.

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