Tipsters, You may find the following web site useful: http://www.stats.org/
Al Cone (Retired) 502 S. 14th St. Bismarck, ND 58504 (701) 258-6897 > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Dougan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 2:17 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences > Subject: Re: How will statistics help me? > > > I always tell my students that the most valuable lesson they > are learning > is "How to be intelligent consumers of statistical > information." The world > is full of people who misuse statistics. Some of them (advertisers, > politicians, etc) do it on purpose in order to produce a desired > result. Others do it because they simply don't know better. > > The ability to intelligently evaluate statistical information > is valuable > on a daily basis. > > -- Jim > . > > > > At 01:54 PM 1/14/02 -0600, Rick Froman wrote: > > >From a student on a discussion board in my Intro Stats class: > > > >"How will understanding statistics really help me to contribute to my > >satisfaction with and success in life? as stated on page 11 > in sats [sic] > >and the 'real world'." > > > >I have some ideas, of course, but I thought it would be > really impressive to > >get the thoughts of a number of you and compile it into a > mega-response > >(with appropriate citations). Thanks, > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
