Affiliation:
1. 1 As director of mathematics education f or Oakland Schools (an intermediate school district) in Pontiac, Michigan
Abstract
It would be hard to overemphasize the importance of statistics in the daily life of the ordinary citizen. The presentation and interpretation of statistical information plays a part in determining the television shows from which one may select, whether the local school millage election will pass or fail, whether the airplane is “overbooked” on one's next trip, how many fish one is allowed to catch each day while on vacation, and whether one's favorite professional athlete will be able to negotiate a raise in pay for the coming season. Through the daily paper, through news and analysis programs on radio and TV, through commercials, and continually throughout sportcasts, the person in the street is bombarded with statistical information (or misinformation) and presented with reasoning based on statistics
Publisher
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
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