The getting of wisdom: Educating statisticians to enhance their clients' numeracy

American Statistician

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-93

  Sowey, Eric R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Statistical literacy; Statistical misconceptions; Statistical reasoning; Statistics and society; Teaching statistics; The statistician in the community

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037598699     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/0003130031478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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