The role of statistics educators in the quantitative literacy movement

Journal of Statistics Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Jordan, Joy ^a   Haines, Beth ^a  

^a LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Across the curriculum approach; Statistics education; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746660641     PISSN: 10691898     EISSN: 10691898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2006.11910583     Document Type: Article

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