Training Researchers in the Use of Statistics

IASE Roundtable Conference : Tokyo, Japan, 2000

Conference Information

• Front Matter : Edited by Carmen Batanero

Training researchers in particular statistical topics

• Important considerations for the optimal communication between statisticians and medical researchers in consulting, teaching and collaborative research, with a focus on the analysis of ordered categorical data : Elisabeth Svensson
• Empirical research on the understanding of association and implications for the training of researchers : Antonio Estepa and Francisco T. Sánchez-Cobo
• Statistical training of the researchers in total quality management: The Japanese experience : Chihiro Hirotsu
• Discussion : S. P. Mukherjee
• Discussion : Martha B. Aliaga
• How much can be taught about stochastic processes and to whom? : Ann-Lee Wang
• Statistics on the catwalk. The importance of models in training researchers in statistics : Alan McLean
• Bayesian models and world constructs : Gudmund Iversen
• Discussion : Theodore Chadjipadelis

How technology affects the training of researchers

• Practical and educational problems in sharing official micro data with researchers : Sandra McDonald
• Precaution against errors in using stochastic software : Toshiro Shimada
• Teaching biostatistics for medical personnel with computer based supplement : Tae Rim Lee
• Design of an Internet course for training medical researchers in Bayesian statistical methods : Dalene Stangl
• The impact of the Internet on researchers' training : Gianfranco Galmacci
• Discussion: How technology affects the training of researchers : Kensei Araya

Needs and problems in training researchers in specific areas

• Meeting the statistical needs of researchers in the biological and health sciences : John A. Harraway, Bryan Manly, Hilary Sutherland and Allan McRae
• A hands-on interactive method of teaching statistics to agricultural researchers : David J. Saville
• Statistical thinking for novice researchers in the biological sciences : Glenys Bishop and Mike Talbot
• Discussion. Research skills: A closely connected triplet of research area, research methodology and statistics : Gilberte Schuyten
• Training Regular Education and Special Education teachers in the use of research methodology and statistics : Carol Joyce Blumberg
• The role of a research resource centre in the training of social science researchers : Michael Glencross and Andjile Mji
• Discussion : Brian Phillips

International experiences in the training of researchers

• Training of statisticians and clinical researchers worldwide to collaborate as co-investigators within country clinical epidemiology units: The experience of the International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) : Shrikant I. Bangdiwala and Sergio Muñoz
• How to overcome the gap between the available statistical methods and their effective use by researchers in social sciences. A few thoughts about the experience in the PRESTA Programme : Eduardo Crivisqui, Stefano Abruzzini and Carlos Marcos Batista
• Statistical research and consulting in universities from developing countries: The Colombian case : David Ospina and Jorge Ortiz
• The training of researchers in the use of statistics in China : Yuan Wei
• Discussion : M. Gabriella Ottaviani

Consultation as a teaching and learning process

• The teaching/ learning process in university statistical consulting labs in the United States : Gabriella Belli
• The statistical consultancy workshop as a pedagogical tool : Juan D. Godino, Carmen Batanero and Ramón Gutiérrez Jáimez
• Learning from experience : Flavia Jolliffe
• How to think about statistical consultation. Learning from data : Ben-Chang Shia
• Discussion : Yuki Miura

Looking Forward

• Main research problems in the training of researchers : Carmen Batanero