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...

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Main Author: Lee Kennedy-Shaffer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-01-01
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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