Book:
Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference On Teaching Statistics (ICOTS-7), Salvador, Brazil.
Editors:
Rossman, A., & Chance, B.
Type:
Category:
Year:
2006
Publisher:
Voorburg, The Netherlands: International Statistical Institute.
URL:
http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications/17/3G3_JOLL.pdf
Abstract:
Practice in doing consultancy, and in teaching consultancy skills to statisticians, improves that teaching, regardless of the teaching method used. Teaching consultancy skills involves emphasis on communication skills, making statisticians aware of the range of problems they might meet, and showing them ways of dealing with non-standard problems. Examples based on actual consultancy sessions are discussed in this paper, and suggestions are made as to how to integrate these into a course intended to equip students for work as a practical statistician.
The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education