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Contents of 29-1 (Spring 2007)
Mobiles and Cancer: A Case of Phony Connections? P2. Eric
D Nordmoe
Students learning statistics want to know how our methods are used in the real
world. In response, this article offers a discussion of a relevant and timely
medical study reported in recent headlines. Careful consideration of the study
raises some ideas to get students engaged with statistics.
The Future of Statistics Within the Curriculum. P8. Harvey
Goldstein
This article sets out a vision for the general nature of the statistics curriculum
in the medium to long term.
Statistics in the Kitchen: Ordinary Least Squares and Turkey Cooking
P10. Michael Milburn
Turkey cooking provides an opportunity to show off a real use of statistics.
A New Way to Teach (or Compute) Pearson’s r Without Reliance on
Cross-Products P13. Schuyler W. Huck, Bixiang Ren and Hongwei yang
Many students have difficulty seeing the conceptual ‘link’ between
bivariate data displayed in a scatterplot and the statistical summary of the
relationship, r. This article shows how to teach (and compute) r such that each
datum’s ‘direct’ and ‘indirect’ influences are
made apparent and used in a new formula for calculating Pearson’s r.
On Comparing Two Numbers P17. David J. Finney
This article expresses concern for the sloppy language that is often used by
the media to describe numerical comparisons and suggests guidelines for how
such comparisons should be described such that the meanings are unambiguous.
Resampling with R P21. Alan T. Arnholt
This article shows how R can be used to perform resampling with and without
replacement.
Statistical Diversions. P27. Peter Petocz and Eric Sowey
The regular column in Teaching Statistics to get you thinking.
Please email: alison.davies2@ntu.ac.uk with any comments or corrections.
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ISSN 0141-982X (Print) ISSN 1467-9639 (Online)