Open AccessDATA LITERACY IS STATISTICAL LITERACY
Author(s) -
Robert Gould
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
statistics education research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1570-1824
DOI - 10.52041/serj.v16i1.209
Subject(s) - literacy , mathematics education , curriculum , information literacy , statistical analysis , computer science , psychology , pedagogy , statistics , mathematics
Past definitions of statistical literacy should be updated in order to account for the greatly amplified role that data now play in our lives. Experience working with high-school students in an innovative data science curriculum has shown that teaching statistical literacy, augmented by data literacy, can begin early.
First published May 2017 at Statistics Education Research Journal Archives