Mathematics, Statistics, and Teaching
- 1 November 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The American Mathematical Monthly
- Vol. 104 (9) , 801-823
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00029890.1997.11990723
Abstract
How does statistical thinking differ from mathematical thinking? What is the role of mathematics in statistics? If you purge statistics of its mathematical content, what intellectual substance remains? In what follows, we offer some answers to these questions and relate them to a sequence of examples that provide an overview of current statistical practice. Along the way, and especially toward the end, we point to some implications for the teaching of statistics.Keywords
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