Dear all,

Happy Friday! CAUSE Research Reading Group meetings continue! Our next meeting is scheduled on Wednesday, May 3rd, at 2–3PM ET (1 pm CT, noon MT, 11 am PT). Please find the link for registration and the link to the article below.

 

Title: The Status of Confounding

Description: This month, in the CAUSE/JSDSE webinar series*, we highlight the article, "Statistical Literacy: A Study of Confounding".  Attendees will discuss the importance of the idea of confounding and propose reasons for its minimal presence in our textbooks and curriculum.  The GAISE 2016 update recommended including multivariate thinking (and confounding) in the introductory course.  Attendees will identify material that can be de-emphasized to allow 2 or 3 weeks in a semester to introduce multivariate thinking and confounding.  Finally they will examine the pros and cons of recommending that statistical education offer two versions of the introductory course.

Article link: www.StatLit.org/pdf/2019-Schield-ASA.pdf

* CAUSE: Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education.    JSDSE: Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education. 

 

Zoom: Register in advance for this meeting: https://amherstcollege.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctdOiqqTssE9K901U_xwoK-r9bFtCBYpD9

 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

 

Our hosts for this session will be Milo Schield & Larry Lesser (big thanks to Milo & Larry!).

 

Don’t worry if you haven’t participated in our previous meetings yet. All meetings are independent from each other, so please join us if you are interested. All are welcome!

 

About Summer 2023: This is going to be our last session for Spring 2023 and there will be no meeting in the third week of May. Megan and I have decided that we will meet on the first & third Wednesday at 12:00-1:00PM ET/ 9-10AM PT during Summer 2023 (June – August) - except the third week of July. The “theme” for Summer 2023 is “Frameworks in Statistics and Data Science Education + Data Science Education” and the first summer meeting is scheduled shortly after USCOTS 2023 on June 7^th, 2023. Please find the reading list and specific dates for Summer 2023 via this link, and consider hosting a session or two for this research reading group this summer : )

 

As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me or Megan if you have any questions or suggestions. We are all ears!

 

Look forward to having you join us next Wednesday,

Shu-Min & Megan