Evolution in business statistics curricula: Learning from the 'making statistics more effective in schools of business' conference

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 321-333

  McAlevey, Lynn ^a   Everett, André M ^a   Sullivan, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b BRC Marketing and Social Research   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia and New Zealand; Business statistics education; Computing; Longitudinal survey; Making statistics more effective in schools of business conference; Quality; Strategic implications

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039888272     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9884.00281     Document Type: Article

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