JSE Highlights
Journal of Statistics Education: A Gr eat
Resource for Teaching
T
he Journal of Statistics Education (JSE) is a free,
online journal with many resources for those
JSE Mission Statement
who teach statistics. All issues, current and
past, are available at
www.amstat.org/publications/jse.
The Journal of Statistics Education disseminates knowledge for the
In addition, there are interactive computing tools such
improvement of statistics education at all levels, including elementary,
as applets and spreadsheets, an archive of numerous
secondary, post-secondary, post-graduate, continuing, and workplace
data sets, and links to related web sites.
education. It is distributed electronically and, in accord with its broad
Articles cover all levels of statistics—from
focus, publishes articles that enhance the exchange of a diversity of
elementary to graduate—and a variety of topics,
interesting and useful information among educators, practitioners,
including the following:
and researchers around the world. The intended audience includes
anyone who teaches statistics, as well as those interested in research on
• Teaching methods (e.g., projects, active
statistical and probabilistic reasoning. All submissions are rigorously
learning, using technology, evaluating the
refereed using a double-blind peer-review process.
effectiveness of various methods)
Possible topics for manuscripts include curricular reform in statis-
• Courses intended for a particular audience
tics; the use of cooperative learning and projects; innovative methods
(e.g., medical students and business,
of instruction, assessment, and research (including case studies) on
psychology, social science, and biology majors)
students’ understanding of probability and statistics; research on the
• Methods for assessing learning
teaching of statistics; attitudes and beliefs about statistics; creative and
tested ideas (including experiments and demonstrations) for teaching
• Course development
probability and statistics topics; the use of computers and other media
• Literature reviews
in teaching; statistical literacy; and distance education. Articles that
provide a scholarly overview of the literature on a particular topic are
• Data sets with accompanying stories about
also of interest. Visit
www.amstat.org/publications/jse for more informa-
how they have been used in the classroom
tion about submitting a paper.
The journal began in 1993 and publishes
three issues a year in March, July, and November.
Some of the articles in the July 2009 issue include
the following:
“Using Simple Linear Regression to Assess the
Success of the Montreal Protocol in Reducing
“Using Propositions for the Assessment of Structural
Atmospheric Chlorofluorocarbons,” by Dean Nelson
Knowledge of Statistics,” by Nick J. Broers
“Statistics? You Must Be Joking: The Application
“How Confident Are Students in Their
and Evaluation of Humor When Teaching Statistics,”
Misconceptions About Hypothesis Tests?” by Ana
by David L. Neumann, Michelle Hood, and
Elisa Castro Sotos, Stijn Vanhoof, Wim Van den
Michelle M. Neumann
Noortgate, and Patrick Onghena
“Training a New Generation of Biostatisticians: A
“The Role of Previous Experience and Attitudes
Successful Consortium Model,” by Judy M. Simpson,
Toward Statistics in Statistics Assessment Outcomes
Philip Ryan, John B. Carlin, Lyle Gurrin, and
Among Undergraduate Psychology Students,” by
Ian Marschner
Martin Dempster and Noleen K. McCorry
“Can You Explain That in Plain English? Making
“Preparing Teachers of Statistics: A Graduate
Statistics Group Projects Work in a Multicultural
Course for Future Teachers,” by Joan Garfield and
Setting,” by Michelle Sisto
Michelle Everson
“How LO Can You GO? Using the Dice-Based
“An Example of Using Linear Regression of
Golf Game GOLO to Illustrate Inferences on
Seasonal Weather Patterns to Enhance Undergraduate
Proportions and Discrete Probability Distributions,”
Learning,” by Teresa Jacobson, Josh James, and Neil
by Paul Stephenson, Mary Richardson, John
C. Schwertman
Gabrosek, and Diann Reischman
“Teaching Statistics in an Activity Encouraging
“A Mixed-Methods Assessment of Using an Online
Format,” by Sytse Knypstra
Commercial Tutoring System to Teach Introductory
“An Exercise for Illustrating the Logic of Hypothesis Statistics,” by Yonghong Jade Xu, Katrina A. Meyer,
Testing,” by Leigh Lawton and Dianne D. Morgan ■
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