Thirty-nine statisticians gathered for a workshop on statistical education in Iowa City, IA,
June 18-20, 1990. The workshop was sponsored by the University of Iowa and the American …

A three-day working conference to develop recommendations for the statistical education of
engineers took place at the University of Iowa in July 1984. Although other areas, such as …

In our department (Mathematics and Statistics), a question that often crops up is “Why do
statisticians claim that statistics is more difficult to teach than mathematics?* I can state many …

1 Recent survey data demonstrate an acute need for curricular resources in statistics. The
first half of this paper summarizes and compares a dozen current or recent NSF projects …

Statistical education now takes place in a new social context. It is influenced by a movement
to reform the teaching of the mathematical sciences in general. At the same time, the …

There is a growing feeling in the statistical community that significant changes must be made
in statistical education. Statistical education has traditionally focused on developing …

The nature of statistics is changing significantly with many opportunities to broaden the
discipline and its impact on science and policy. To realize this potential, our curricula and …

How does statistical thinking differ from mathematical thinking? What is the role of
mathematics in statistics? If you purge statistics of its mathematical content, what intellectual …

This paper outlines developments in statistical education in the period preceding the
formation of the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE) 1991, and takes a …

Whyanothertextbook? The statistical community generally agrees that at the upper
undergraduate level, or the beginning master's level, students of statistics should begin to …