Quotations

Mathematicians who teach the introductory course probably will be completely oblivious to the decreasing importance of hypothesis testing in the work of statisticians. To mathematicians, this may have the most profound implications for their introductory course because it calls into question the ultimate goals of the course. -Ann Watkins, California State at Northridge. Quoted in the 1992 CUPM report

Most [of the 39 statisticians involved in the discussion] would decrease the role of tests of hypotheses; some eliminated that topic altogether. 1992 CUPM report

ISI stat inference meeting, Fall 2017.

Examples

  • countyComplete from openintro

Principles

  • instance before theory
    • discover things about data: e.g. single-humped,

Excerpts

2016 Report:

Recommendation 3. Integrate real data with a context and a purpose.