Perspectives onStatistical Practice&Statistical Pedagogy36-701Instructor/Course Leader: Brian JunkerWriting Consultant: Tim DawsonGuest Lecturers and PanelsClass Meetings: MW 1:30-2:20, BH 231B1Pedagogy:Activities that impart knowledge.Goals of the course:1. Become effective communicators of statisticalideas/knowledge.2. Develop understanding of the elements ofstatistical practice.2I. TEACHING• We’ll Talk about:– How do students learn, and what are the theneeds and difficulties of the learner?– What are the current trends in statisticseducation?– What are the challenges in teaching statistics?– How can we help students learn (and retain)?• Practice in Instruction (Oded Meyer)– Supervised practice in TA-related activities(labs, office hours, grading)– Mini - lectures3• Eberly Teaching Center (Michele DiPietro)– Presentation on conducting office hours– Labs observations and feedback– Applying coginitive principles in teaching– Presentation on teaching first year students4II. CROSS-DISCIPLINARY WORK/CONSULTING• What are some good and bad practices ofstatistical consulting (video)• Panel discussions on cross-disciplinary work(Statistics Faculty)• Ethics in Statistics Research (Joel Greenhouse)Teaching ⇐⇒ Consulting5III. WRITING• We’ll supervise the writing of two paperassignments– one from 711– one from 707• Presentation on technical writing (Tim Dawson,English Department)• Individual meetings w ith Tim after first draft isdue.6The “heart” of statistical practice is theprocess of....A B A−1Where:A - Translating a scientific research question intowell-posed statistical problems.B - Solve the problems.A−1- translating the results back into a product thatis accessible to the relevant scientific community.• Also important when teaching introductorycourses (tutor....)7Handouts:1. A ssignment 1 from 36-711For next week Wednesday (9/8).... Thinkabout the “A” part - translate the researchquestion into 2-3 statistical problems (andwrite them down).2. Examples of old 707 papers.8What’s coming.....• Wed. 9/1 - M eet here a little early:presentation in the Libra ry InstructionCenter, Hunt Library (Paul Neuhaus)• Mon. 9/6 - Labor Day• Wed. 9/8 - M ore about the ClinicalDepression assignment a nd