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550 * ! Wed, 8/6/2014, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-213
Lessons from Statistics Education: Improving the Impact of Statistical Consulting — Topic Contributed Papers
Section on Statistical Consulting , Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences , Education Workgroup on Undergraduate Curriculum Guidelines
Organizer(s): Kim Love-Myers, University of Georgia
Chair(s): Kim Love-Myers, University of Georgia   
2:05 PM What Students Learn and Don't Learn About Inferential Reasoning in Their Introductory Statistics Courses Sharon Lane-Getaz, St. Olaf College
2:25 PM Everyone Knows What a Histogram Is, or Do They?: How Non-Statisticians Read Histograms Jennifer J. Kaplan, University of Georgia ; John Gabrosek, Grand Valley State University ; Phyllis Curtiss, Grand Valley State University ; Christopher J. Malone, Winona State University
2:45 PM What Do Students Need to Know to Understand Sampling Distributions, and How Well Do They Know It? Tisha Hooks, Winona State University ; Michael Posner, Villanova University ; Michelle Sisto, International University of Monaco ; Dale Berger, Claremont Graduate College
3:05 PM Communication in Statistics: Consideration of Lexical Ambiguity or 'I Do Not Think This Word Means What You Think It Means' Diane Fisher, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
3:25 PM Discussant: Douglas Curran-Everett, National Jewish Health
3:45 PM Floor Discussion



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