Statistics has rapidly developed with the help of modern probability theory and with the effective use of computers. Such an accomplishment marks a new era for statistics education. It is now time to think of how to teach statistics, taking into account both the subjects to be chosen and the actual method of education. At present we can see many places where mathematical statistics is efficiently used and where people are requested to learn statistics, not only in academic institutions, but also in daily life. The remarkable fact is that, compared to the past, the need for statistics has changed, and its appearances in actual subject fields have become highly modernised. We are therefore led to discuss now to teach statistics and to think of what topics should be taught. At this juncture, we are going to look over the present stage of practical use of statistics and to propose some ideas of statistics education by focussing our vision on high school level mathematics.
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