Teaching the Difficult Past of Statistics to Improve the Future
AbstractIn recent years, the discipline of statistics has begun reckoning with its difficult history. Institutions are reconsidering names that have honored key historical figures in statistics who have deep ties to eugenics movements and racial and class prejudice. These names, however, continue to...
Main Author: | Lee Kennedy-Shaffer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2024-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education |
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Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/26939169.2023.2224407 |
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