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Modern interdisciplinary university statistics education : proceedings of a symposium / Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, Board on Mathematical Sciences, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics.
Contributor:
Kettenring, Jon R.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Statistics--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--Congresses.
Statistics.
Mathematical statistics--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--Congresses.
Mathematical statistics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (149 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1994.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This book examines how the discipline of statistics should respond to the changing environment in which statisticians work. What does the academic, industry, and government customer need? How can the content of courses and of the overall statistics educational experience be arranged to address the customer's needs? Interdisciplinary needs are described, and successful university programs in interdisciplinary statistics are detailed.
Contents:
MODERN INTERDISCIPLINARY UNIVERSITY STATISTICSEDUCATION
Copyright
Preface
Contents
Opening Remarks
Part I What the Customer Needs in Statisticians
What Industry Needs
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
INTERDISCIPLINARY STATISTICS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
References
What Academia Needs
What the Government Needs
A Larger Perspective
Discussion
Educating Statisticians for the 21st Century
Modernizing Statistics PhD Programs
THE FUTURE UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT
A MAJOR DILEMMA
CMU'S PHD PROGRAM
Year 1 (MS Program)
Perspectives in Statistics
Statistical Practice
Year 2
Years 3 and 4
TRAINING IN TEACHING
SUGGESTIONS AND CAUTIONS
APPENDIX
Examples of Statistical Practice Projects
Examples of Advanced Data Analysis Projects
Respondent
Part II How-and How Not-to Implement Content and Experiences
Some International Perspectives
STATISTICS-THEORY VERSUS APPLICATIONS
THE PROGRAM AT UCSB
CONCLUDING REMARKS
A University Statistics Program Based on Quality Principles
VOICE OF THE CUSTOMER
VOICE OF THE PROCESS
CURRICULUM PRINCIPLES
SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR THE CURRICULUM
Measurement
Variation
Mathematical Statistics and Probability
Analogy and Metaphor
Model Description and Presentation
Bias
Sense Deception
Design of Observational and Randomized Experiments
PEDAGOGY
Grades
Mastery
Journal
Feedback to Instructors
Discovery
Group Learning
SUMMARY
Chance: A Course About Current Chance News
Modernizing Graduate Programs in Statistics-Case Study
Respondent What Is Interdisciplinary Research?
WHAT IS INTERDISCIPLINARITY?.
EXAMPLES OF INTERDISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES
HOW DO WE DO INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH?
BUILDING APPLICATIONS INTO STATISTICS COURSES
WHAT IS MIUSE?
HOW TO DO IT
Appendices
Appendix A Speakers and Session Chairs
Appendix B Symposium Participants.
Notes:
Committee chairman: Jon R. Kettenring.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
1-280-19575-4
9786610195756
0-309-58638-0
0-585-02256-9
OCLC:
42328933

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