Satellite: Statistics Education and the Communication of Statistics

Sydney, Australia 2005

Conference Schedule

• To Tell the Truth: What We Know About Lie Detection : Stephen Fienberg

Session I - Keynote Speaker

• The Implications Introducing Report Writing Into an Introductory Statistics Subject : Kay Lipson, Sue Kokonis
• Helping Students Find Their Statistical Voices : Helen MacGillivray
• There's More to Statistics than Computation Ð Teaching Students How to Communicate Statistical Results : Roxy Peck
• An Approach to Report Writing in Statistics Courses : Glenda Francis
• Teaching Students to Write About Statistics : Mike Forster, David P. Smith, Christopher J. Wild
• Enabling Students to Communicate Statistical Findings : Tania Prvan, Judith Ascione

Session II - Writing Reports of Statistical Studies

• Interval Estimates for Statistical Communication: Problems and Possible Solutions : Geoff Cumming, Fiona Fidler
• Using Amos Graphics to Enhance the Understanding and Communication of Multiple Regression : Everarda Cunningham, Wei C. Wang
• Grapharti : Hilary Green
• Visualising Data With Dynamic Graphics in Excel : Harold Henderson
• Enhancing Effective Communication of Statistical Analysis to Non-Statistical Audiences : Peter Martin
• From Data to Graphs to Words, But Where are the Models? : K. Larry Weldon

Session III - Role of Graphics in Communication of Statistics

• Statistics and the Media : Wayne Smith
• The Role of National Statistics Institutions in the Use and Understanding of Official Statistics in the Compulsory Education Sector : Gareth McGuinness, Lesliey Hooper
• Data Analysis or How High School Students “Read” Statistics : Sylvain Vermette, Linda Gattuso, Marc Bourdeau
• Communicating Student Performance Data to School Teachers : Philip Holmes-Smith
• Pilot Study into the Use and Usefulness of Instant Messaging Within an Educational Context : Rachel Cunliffe
• Distance Learning: New Frontiers for Solving Old Problems : Gianfranco Galmacci, Anna Maria Milito
• Helping Students to Communicate Statistics Better : Neville Davies, Doreen Connor

Session IV - Outreach to Public and Schools

• Servicing Students Communicating Ideas About Statistics : Peter Petocz, Anna Reid
• How Important are Communication Skills for “Good” Statistics Students? - An International Perspective : Sue Gordon, Anna Reid, Peter Petocz
• University-Level Data Analysis Courses With the Emphasis on Understanding and Communication of Statistics Ð A Ten Years Action Research Project : Katrin Niglas, Kairi Osula
• Statistical Prevarication: Telling Half Truths Using Statistics : Milo Schield