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-r9…
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 7th, 2023*. Please find the
reading list and specific dates for Summer 2023 via this link
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JgQWdNAdRMsdVEHfpiAdppiWmaRFZul2NEUPO4hkeRs/edit?usp=sharing>,
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