The views expressed here are those of the individual authors and not necessarily those of the JSM sponsors, their officers, or their staff.
Abstract Details
|
Activity Number:
|
222
|
|
Type:
|
Topic Contributed
|
|
Date/Time:
|
Monday, August 1, 2011 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
|
|
Sponsor:
|
Section on Statistical Education
|
| Abstract - #301860 |
|
Title:
|
Pop-Stats Books and Statistical Education
|
|
Author(s):
|
Kaiser Fung*+
|
|
Companies:
|
New York University
|
|
Address:
|
, , ,
|
|
Keywords:
|
Popular statistics ;
Publishing ;
Curriculum ;
Freakonomics ;
Books ;
Education
|
|
Abstract:
|
Recently, pop-stats books have captured the public's favor, overcoming the negative perception of the subject of statistics. The best known examples include the Malcolm Gladwell series; the Freakonomics franchise; Ian Ayres's Super Crunchers; and the speaker's Numbers Rule Your World. Readers find these books highly accessible as each author finds a way to balance readability and rigor. What can educators learn from this publishing phenomenon? What is the role of pop-stats books in statistics courses? (Partly based on joint work with Andrew Gelman)
|
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 2011 program
|
2011 JSM Online Program Home
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.