Abstract
Evidence-based policy requires sophisticated modelling and reasoning about complex social data. The current UK statistics curricula do not equip tomorrow’s citizens to understand such reasoning. We advocate radical curriculum reform, designed to require students to reason from complex data.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 44-48 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Teaching Statistics |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 2 Apr 2007 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |