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Finch, Sue; Gordon, Ian – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2023
Providing a rich context has become a sine qua non of principled teaching of applied statistical thinking. With increasing opportunities to access secondary data, there should be increasing opportunity to work with rich context. We review the contextual information provided in 41 data sets suitable for introductory tertiary statistics teaching,…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Literacy, Introductory Courses, Statistical Analysis
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Wilkerson, Michelle Hoda; Lanouette, Kathryn; Shareff, Rebecca L. – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2022
Data preparation (also called "wrangling" or "cleaning") -- the evaluation and manipulation of data prior to formal analysis -- is often dismissed as a precursor to meaningful engagement with a dataset. Here, we re-envision data preparation in light of calls to prepare students for a data-rich world. Traditionally, curricular…
Descriptors: Data Science, Information Literacy, Data Analysis, Secondary School Students