The millennium development goals, national statistical offices, the international statistical literacy project and statistical literacy in schools

Statistical Journal of the IAOS

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 157-171

  Sanchez, Juana ^a   Forbes, Sharleen ^b   Campos, Pedro ^c   Giacche, Paola ^d   Townsend, Mary ^e   Mooney, Gai ^f   Helenius, Reija ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Statistical Education and Research Statistics   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

^e STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^f AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS   (Australia)

^g Statistics Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

competitions; data handling; lesson plans; metadata; millennium goals; National statistical offices; school curriculum; statistical literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051505233     PISSN: 18747655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/SJI-2011-0736     Document Type: Article

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