Open AccessStill coming down from the mountains
Author(s) -
R. D. Stern,
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R. Coe,
Daniel Stern,
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Publication year - 2017
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.52041/srap.17606
Subject(s) - computer science , set (abstract data type) , statistical analysis , data science , statistics , mathematics , programming language
Statistics has changed in many ways since the 1960s, when many African countries became independent. Among these changes are an increasing emphasis on data and a set of unifying principles that can simplify the teaching of statistical modelling. These changes have yet to impact training in statistics in many countries. Access to technology is needed if these changes are to be incorporated into statistics teaching, and this is now feasible in many African unive