Warren wrote: > I can't agree, though, that Eugenics isn't important since it did > have a role to play in shaping history...birth control, immigration, > science in the public interest, etc.
The question for me is "important with respect to what or for what reason". I can say that in 30 years of teaching introductory statistics courses, I've never felt the urge to raise the issue of eugenics. That's for *introductory* statistics courses. I can't see how it would make the students appreciate the material any better. There could easily be other courses where such a discussion would be beneficial. I'm always willing to learn. FWIW, I do spend a bit of time on the history of the use of the 0.05 level of significance. Silly me, I think it will give students some insight as to why we do things the way we do them. They yawn at that, too. . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
