The teaching of statistics: context versus form

Authors: 
Kempthorne, O.
Type: 
Journal Article
Category: 
Theory
Volume: 
34(1)
Pages: 
17-21
Year: 
1980
Publisher: 
The American Statistician
Abstract: 

General principles on how statistics should be taught and how those who learn statistics can and should use statistics in society are discussed. According to the author mathematics should be the servant of statistics, not the master. Moreover, the ultimate content must be philosophical - data analysis without a problem is a pure waste.

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