Satellite: Statistics Education for Progress: Youth and Official Statistics

IASE Satellite conference Macao 2013

Keynote Speeches

• Teaching Statistics Students to be Collaborative Statisticians : Shrikant I. Bangdiwala, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
• Educated to Recognize How Official Statistics Support Socio-Economic Progress and Democracy : Frederick W. H. Ho, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• INCENSE: Insights into Inciting Debates around Census Data : Jim Ridgway, Durham University, UK; Mr. Alan Smith, Office for National Statistics, UK
• Official Statistics of the Youth, by the Youth and for the Youth : Margarita F. Guerrero, United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific
• Activities of Japanese Inter-University Network for Statistical Education : Akimichi Takemura, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Statistical Information in Fast Economic Development Region : Lai Kow Chan, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao

Session 1.1: Enthusing the Youth and Teachers

• 1.1.1 Teaching Introductory Statistics for Evidence-Based Practice: Integration of Context : Rossi A. Hassad, Mercy College (New York), USA
• 1.1.2 Educational Uses of Youth Statistics for the Revised Tertiary General Education Curriculum in the Philippines : Enriqueta Reston, University of San Carlos, the Philippines; Liza Lorena C. Jala, University of Cebu, the Philippines
• 1.1.3 Hands-On Data Activities in the Classroom - Enthusing Teachers and Students : Brad Payne, Conker Statistics, UK
• 1.1.4 Teaching Probability Using Google Site : Teresita Terán, National University of Rosario, Argentina

Session 1.2: Research and Statistical Education

• 1.2.1 Enthusing Students Towards Statistical Literacy Using Transformative Learning Paradigm: Implementation and Appraisal : Shirlee Ocampo, De La Salle University, the Philippines
• 1.2.2 The Use of a Hierarchical Construct to Investigate Students’ Learning of Inferential Statistics : Saras Krishnan, University of Malaya, Malaysia
• 1.2.3 Integrating Statistics: Doing Research in Undergraduate Studies : Maria Eugénia Ferrão, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
• 1.2.4 Students’ Emerging Expressions of Uncertainty while Making Informal Statistical Inferences about Data and Using Dynamic Statistics Software : Theodosia Prodromou, University of New England, Australia

Session 1.3: Novel Approaches to Statistics Education

• 1.3.1 On the Role of Official Statistics in Business Study Programmes : Irena Ograjenšek, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Lejla Perviz, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• 1.3.2 Analysis of Variance and its Applications in Macao Educational Research : Jasmine I. I. Chan, South China Normal University, China
• 1.3.3 E-Learning or Blended Learning - Enriching Statistics for Business Students : Manfred Borovcnik, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
• 1.3.4 Setting up a Network of Workshops to Empower In-Service Teachers : Delia North, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• 1.3.5 Setting up a Network of Workshops to Empower In-Service Teachers : Tatiana Miranda, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Brazil

Session 1.4: Broader Issues in Statistics Education

• 1.4.1 Enabling Learners to Discover Real Stories in Official Statistics with a New Synthetic Unit Record File of the New Zealand Income Survey 2011 : Alan Keegan and Andrew Tideswell, Statistics New Zealand, New Zealand
• 1.4.2 Quality Assessment of Statistical Education by Japan Statistical Society : Shigeru Kawasaki, Nihon University, Japan
• 1.4.3 Statistics Education in New Zealand, and its Influence on the IASE : Sharleen Forbes, Statistics New Zealand and Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
• 1.4.4 Interactive Wiki : Juha Puranen, University of Helsinki, Finland

Session 2.1: Building upon Successful Projects

• 2.1.1 Challenge for the ISLP Project: Promotion of Statistical Literacy and User Skills Worldwide through a Co-Operation Network : Reija Helenius, Statistics Finland, Finland
• 2.1.2 Statistics Learning Environment for Students through Japanese CensusAtSchool Project : Kazuhiro Aoyama, Aichi University of Education, Japan
• 2.1.3 Simulating the Data Investigative Cycle in Less Than Two Hours: Using a Virtual Human Population, Cloud Collaboration Technology and a Statistical Package to Engage Students in a Quantitative Research Methods Course : James Baglin, RMIT University, Australia

Session 2.2: Learning, Disseminating and Using Official Statistics

• 2.2.1 Interactive Content and Dynamic Publishing - A Vital Part of an NSO’s Output and Communication Strategy : Jenine Borowik, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia
• 2.2.2 Integrating the Use of Official Statistics in Mainstream Curricula through Data Visualisation : James Nicholson, Durham University, UK
• 2.2.3 Development of Synthetic Microdata for Educational Use in Japan : Shinsuke Ito, National Statistics Center, Japan

Session 2.3: Using Official Statistics to Promote Statistical Literacy

• 2.3.1 Promoting Statistical Literacy among Students : Vivian W. Y. Chan, Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong
• 2.3.2 Statistical Literacy: Bringing Concepts to Life in our Diverse and Ever Changing User Communities - the Experience of the Australian Bureau of Statistics : Jonathan Palmer, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia
• 2.3.3 Training Human Resources for the National Population Census 2010 in Argentina : Liliana C. Severino, National University of Rosario, Argentina

Session 2.4: Disseminating Official Statistics into the Real World of Youth

• 2.4.1 Another Brick in the Wall - Improving Statistical Literacy in Ireland : Steve MacFeely, Central Statistics Office, Ireland
• 2.4.2 Statistics Education Initiatives by Japanese Official Statistics : Naoki Makita, National Statistics Center, Japan
• 2.4.3 Increasing Statistical Literacy through Cooperation between National Statistics Offices and Universities: A New Zealand Experience : John A. Harraway, University of Otago, New Zealand

Session 2.5: New Initiatives in Official Statistics

• 2.5.1 Statistics Education and Human Rights Monitoring : Joachim Engel, Ludwigsburg University of Education, Germany
• 2.5.2 Statistical Literacy Hatching : Leticia Ruiz, National Institute of Statistics and Geography, Mexico
• 2.5.3 iNZight into Time Series and Multiple-Response Data : Chris Wild, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Session 2.6: Training in Official Statistics

• 2.6.1 Building Expertise in Mathematical Statistics within the Australian Bureau of Statistics through Partnerships with Academics : Paul Schubert, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia
• 2.6.2 Statistical Training for Russian-Speaking Countries: Combination of International Quality and Availability : Alexey N. Ponomarenko, National Research University - Higher School of Economics, Russia
• 2.6.3 The Effect of Using “STANAVI” – Web Based Learning System about Official Statistics : Tsuyoshi Onodera, Rikkyo University, Japan

Session 2.7: Conference Posters

• 2.7.1 Surveys and Blaster Scatterplots at Middle School Math Nights : Adam Molnar, University of Georgia, USA
• 2.7.2 Education Official Data University Assessment within the School of Civil Engineering : Alicia María Picco, National University of Rosario, Argentina; María Angélica Ferrandi, National University of Rosario, Argentina
• 2.7.3 The Effect of Changing the Statistics Education Curriculum of Junior High School in Japan : Yoshinori Fujii, University of Miyazaki, Japan
• 2.7.4 Introduction of U-Learning System in Statistics Korea : Hyun Sik Hwang, Statistics Korea, Republic of Korea
• 2.7.5 Statistical Significance and Practical Significance in Statistics Education : Pranesh Kumar, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
• 2.7.6 Collaboration in Statistical Education by Academia and Official Statistical Organisations (Ukraine as an Example) : Ruslan Motoryn, Ukrainian State University of Finance and International Trade, Ukraine
• 2.7.7 Application of ICTS to Teaching Statistics to Non Statisticians : Liliana C. Severino, National University of Rosario, Argentina
• 2.7.8 A Contribution of Statistics for the Elderly Adults : Teresita Terán, National University of Rosario, Argentina

Session 3.1: Official Statistics and the School Curriculum

• 3.1.1 Employment of New Technical Platforms for Interactively Visualizing Statistical Methods and Statistical Data : Micro Guenster, University of Hagen, Germany; Benjamin Wallenborn, University of Hagen, Germany
• 3.1.3 New ABS Strategies to Promote Statistical Education under a New National Curriculum for Statistics : Siu-Ming Tam, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia
• 3.1.4 A Development of Object-Oriented Dynamically Linked Statistical Package for 5-8 Graders : Tae Rim Lee, Korea National Open University, Republic of Korea

Session 3.2: Statistics Education Using Advancing Technology

• 3.2.1 The Future of Textbooks and Evolution of an E-book : Doug Stirling, Massey University, New Zealand
• 3.2.2 An E-Learning Course for Social Survey and Data Analysis in Rikkyo University : Yusuke Kanazawa, Rikkyo University, Japan
• 3.2.3 Students’ Experience of Becoming a Statistical Consultant : Ayse Bilgin, Macquarie University, Australia
• 3.2.4 Statistical Education Standards and the Role of Technology : Volker Kraft, SAS Institute GmbH, Germany