Introducing Math Majors to Statistics


Authors: 
Beth Chance & Allan Rossman
Volume: 
3(4)
Pages: 
online
Year: 
2008
Publisher: 
causeweb.org
URL: 
http://www.causeweb.org/webinar/2008-04/
Abstract: 

Math majors, and other mathematically inclined students, have typically been introduced to statistics through courses in probability and mathematical statistics. We worry that such a course sequence presents mathematical aspects of statistics without emphasizing applications and the larger reasoning process of statistical investigations. In this webinar we describe and discuss a data-centered course that we have developed for mathematically inclined undergraduates.

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