| Notes
for Contributors
Scope
Teaching Statistics is aimed at teachers of students
aged up to 19 who use statistics in their work. The emphasis
is on teaching the subject and addressing problems
which arise in the classroom. The journal seeks to support
not only specialist statistics teachers but also those in
other disciplines, such as economics, biology and geography,
who make widespread use of statistics in their teaching. Teaching
Statistics seeks to inform, enlighten, stimulate, correct,
entertain and encourage. Contributions should be light and
readable. Formal mathematics should be kept to a minimum.
Contributions
Contributions are welcomed in the form of articles, notes,
letters, problems, news, and smaller items such as poems,
quotations or cartoons. Teaching Statistics is a
refereed journal.
Articles may be of a general nature or aimed specifically
at one of our specialist sections:
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Classroom Notes |
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shorter
items containing good ideas worth sharing |
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Computing
Corner |
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new
developments and ideas in statistical software |
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Curriculum
Matters |
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addressing
curriculum issues nationally and internationally |
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Data
Bank |
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interesting
data sets and what to do with them |
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Historical
Perspective |
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the
lives of statisticians and history of statistics |
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Practical
Activities |
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ideas
for 'hands-on' classroom practicals in statistics |
Articles should be as concise as possible and will not normally
be accepted if they exceed 3000 words in length or would occupy
more than four pages of the journal. Diagrams, photographs
and illustrations are particularly welcomed. Authors should
examine carefully a recent issue of Teaching Statistics
and conform to the journal's style with respect to headings,
summary, keywords, references, spellings and so on. It is
not necessary, however, for authors to prepare articles in
the two-column format used in the journal.
Initial submissions may be made electronically (Microsoft
Word document, PC format) or, alternatively, as THREE paper
copies. Diagrams, photographs and illustrations should be
submitted electronically (TIF files strongly preferred) or
as camera-ready copy.
The final version of the article, after attending to all
referees' and editor's comments, must be submitted
electronically (formats as above) and as TWO paper copies
of the final typescript. An email attachment is usually satisfactory,
alternatively a CD or a 3.5 inch disk may be submitted.
Copyright of all published articles rests with the author,
with the Teaching Statistics Trust being granted an exclusive
licence to publish. Once an article has been accepted for
publication, authors will be required to sign an Exclusive
Licence Form to this effect and declare in writing that the
article has neither previously been published nor will be
submitted for publication elsewhere.
Editorial address
Roger Johnson, Editor Teaching Statistics
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology,
501 East St Joseph Street,
Rapid City,
South Dakota 57701,
USA.
Tel : 605 355-3450 Fax : 605 394-6078
Email : Roger.Johnson@sdsmt.edu
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