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Trigger warning Disturbing data sets in the classroom
Author(s) -
Zaharatos Brian,
Glawson Michael
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2018.01130.x
Subject(s) - distressing , racism , psychology , childhood abuse , computer science , child abuse , sociology , medicine , suicide prevention , poison control , gender studies , visual arts , art , environmental health
In their working lives, statisticians may be called on to analyse data drawn from the darker side of the human experience – topics like childhood abuse, racism, sexism and homophobia. Statistics instructors should prepare their students to deal with these difficult and distressing subjects, write Brian Zaharatos and Michael Glawson