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The American Statistician Volume 65, 2011 - Issue 2
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Jean-François Plante Jean-François Plante is Assistant Professor at HEC Montréal, Management Sciences Department, 3000 chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal QC, Canada, H3T 2A7. Nancy Reid is University Professor of Statistics and Canada Research Chair in Statistical Theory and Applications at the University of Toronto, Department of Statistics, 100 St. George Street, Toronto ON, Canada, M5S 3G3. For partial financial support, thanks are due to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
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Nancy Reid Jean-François Plante is Assistant Professor at HEC Montréal, Management Sciences Department, 3000 chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal QC, Canada, H3T 2A7. Nancy Reid is University Professor of Statistics and Canada Research Chair in Statistical Theory and Applications at the University of Toronto, Department of Statistics, 100 St. George Street, Toronto ON, Canada, M5S 3G3. For partial financial support, thanks are due to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
Pages 80-88 | Received 01 Feb 2011, Published online: 24 Jan 2012
 
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Abstract

We describe the structure, topics, and activities used in teaching a first-year seminar course in statistical literacy. This course is entirely structured around current affairs, although common themes emerge that reflect the core material for most quantitative literacy courses. Special emphasis is given to the computing and calculating used in the course to illustrate key concepts. This approach has also had quite a positive impact on our teaching of more advanced courses. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.

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