Data Literacy is Statistical Literacy

Past definitions of statistical literacy should be updated in order to account for the greatly amplified role that data now play in our lives. Experience working with high-school students in an innovative data science curriculum has shown that teaching statistical literacy, augmented by data literac...

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Published inStatistics education research journal Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 22 - 25
Main Author Gould, Robert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published International Association for Statistics Education and the International Statistical Institute 01.05.2017
Subjects
Data
High School Students
Mathematics Instruction
Secondary School Mathematics
Statistics
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Summary:Past definitions of statistical literacy should be updated in order to account for the greatly amplified role that data now play in our lives. Experience working with high-school students in an innovative data science curriculum has shown that teaching statistical literacy, augmented by data literacy, can begin early.
ISSN:1570-1824
1570-1824
DOI:10.52041/serj.v16i1.209