Statistical education and training in the developing countries in Africa

Book: 
Proceedings of the First International Conference on Teaching Statistics, 1982
Authors: 
Adichie, J. N., & Afonja, B.
Editors: 
Grey, D. R., Holmes, P., Barnett, V., & Constable, G. M.
Type: 
Proceedings
Category: 
Other
Volume: 
II
Pages: 
439-449
Year: 
1983
Publisher: 
Organising Committee of the First International Conference on Teaching Statistics
Place: 
Sheffield
Abstract: 

It is now widely recognized, if still grudgingly by some academicians and persons in older professions, that statistics is both an academic discipline and a profession. In Africa as indeed in every other continent of the world, the teaching of statistics may be conveniently put into two broad categories: the teaching of statistics as an academic discipline in schools and colleges and the training in statistics as a profession. It would therefore be convenient to treat the topic of this paper in two parts, namely: statistical education corresponding to teaching statistics as an academic discipline in institutions and statistical training for a profession.

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