Teaching Intro to Stats Students to Think with Data

摘要

The ASA Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs in Statistical Science states, "Institutions need to ensure students entering the work force or heading to graduate school have the appropriate capacity to 'think with data'and to pose and answer statistical questions.'The guidelines also note the increasing importance of data science. While the guidelines were explicitly silent about the first course, they do state the following: "A focus on data [should] be a major component of introductory and advanced statistics courses and that students work with authentic data throughout the curriculum."