IASE SESSIONS AT THE 55TH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL INSTITUTE

Sydney, Australia, April 5-12, 2005

[Click here for ISI 55 website]

This is the main conference of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and will be held in Sydney, Australia in April 2005. These conferences are held every two years. The last was in Berlin in 2003. As it does at each major ISI conference, IASE will be organising about 10 statistics education sessions for ISI 55.

IASE-only Sessions

IPM 45: Reasoning about variation (Thurs 7th 15:30 - 17:45)

Org: Chris Reading, creading@metz.une.edu.au

Bernard Harris
Some Aspects of Reasoning About Variability
Jackie Reid, Chris Reading
From Acknowledging To Modelling: Tertiary Students' Consideration Of Variations
Aloke Phatak, Geoff Robinson
Statistical Thinking From A Practitioner's Perspective
Nye John
(Discussant)

IPM 46: The use of simulation in statistics education (Wed 6th 9:00 - 11:15)

Org: Andrej Blejec, Andrej.Blejec@nib.si

Larry Weldon
Modern Introductory Statistics Using Simulation And Data Analysis
Rodney Carr, Scott Salzman
Using Excel to generate empirical sampling distributions
Juha Puranen
Statistical Simulations and the Web
Giuseppe Cicchitelli
(Discussant)
Andrej Blejec
(Discussant)

IPM 47: Teaching statistics online (Tue 12th 9:00 - 11:15)

Org: Larry Weldon, weldon@sfu.ca

Neville Davies, Vic Barnett
Learning Teaching Statistics In Higher Education Using Online And Distance Methods
Roxy Peck, Robert Gould
Preparing Secondary Teachers To Teach Statistics: A Distance Education Model
Tae Rim Lee
E-Learning For Statistics Education At Korea National Open University
Irena Ograjenšek
(Discussant)

IPM 48: Statistics for life: what are the statistical ideas or skills that matter most and why? (Fri 8th 9:00 - 11:15)

Org: Chris Wild, c.wild@auckland.ac.nz

Nick Fisher
Panel participant
Denise Lievesley
Panel participant
Milo Schield
Panel participant (Statistical Literacy for Life)
Stephen Stigler
Panel participant
Niels Keiding
Panel participant

IPM 49: Research in statistical education (Wed 6th 15:30 - 17:45)

Org: Kay Lipson, klipson@swin.edu.au, Maria Gabriella Ottaviani, Mariagabriella.ottaviani@uniroma1.it

Paul Fields, Patti Collings
An Assessment of Computer-Based Learning Methodology In Teaching in an Introductory Statistics Hybrid course
Sharleen Forbes, Teimuraz Beridze
Potential Uses Of Longitudinal Analyses To Investigate Statistics Education Outcomes.
Geoff Cumming, Fiona Fidler
Denis De Crombrugghe, Sybrand Schin Van Der Loeff, Dirk Tempelaar
Gender Effects In The SRA; Estimation By Truncated Selection
Sashi Sharma
Influence Of Culture On Statistics Reasoning: Implications For Teaching And Research
Gilberte Schuyten
(Discussant)

IPM 50: Quality Assurance in Statistics Education (Mon 11th 13:00 - 15:15)

Org: Matthew Regan, m.regan@auckland.ac.nz

Abbas Bazargan
Quality Assurance In Statistics Education: From Departmental self-evaluation to accreditation
Brenton Dansie
The role of Statistical Education in Developing Graduate Qualities
Helen MacGillivray
Criteria, Standards and Assessment in Statistical Education
Chris Wild
(Discussant)

Shared Sessions

IPM 51: Promotion of statistical literacy among students (IASE & IAOS) (Sat 9th 8:30 - 10:45)

Org: Pilar Guzman, pilar.guzman@uam.es

Frederick Ho
The Role Of Official Statistics Agencies In The Promotion Of Statistical Literacy Among Students
Reija Helenius
Co-operation With Educational Institutions: A Strategic Challenge For Statistical Agencies
Enrico Giovannini, Russell Penlington, Lars Thygese
Policies and Tools to make OECD Statistics more Visible and Accessible
Irena Krizman
(Discussant)

IPM 52: Using history of statistics to enhance the teaching of statistics (IASE & Christiaan Huygens Com. on the History of Statistics) (Fri 8th 15:30 - 17:45)

Org: Carol Blumberg, cblumberg@winona.edu

David Vere-Jones
Teaching Probability Via Its History: Reflections On A Case Study
Irena Ograjenšek
Taking The Fear Out Of Data Analysis: Case For History Lessons In Statistics Courses
David Bellhouse
Probability And Statistics Ideas In The Classroom - Lessons From History
Maria Gabriella Ottaviani
(Discussant)
Stephen Stigler
(Discussant)

IPM 63: Educating the media on how best to report statistics (IASS, IASE, IAOS) (Fri 8th 13:00 - 15:15)

Org: Jacob Ryten

Peter Harper
Panel participant
Ross Gittens
Panel participant
Tim Colebatch
Panel participant
Frederick W.H. Ho
Panel Participant
Beat Hulliger
Panel participant

IPM 81: Ethical Standards in statistics education (IASE & ISI Committee on Professional Ethics) (Wed 6th 13:00 - 15:15)

Org: Mary Gray

David Goddard
Making A Difference, Not Faking A Difference - Learning And Using What's Good And Fair In Biostatistics
Nora Donaldson, Mary Gray
The Client-Consultant Relationship in Medical Research: The Role of a Professional Statistician in the Research Team
William Seltzer
Official Statistics and Statistical Ethics: Selected Isuues
Cynthia Clark
(Discussant)

IPM 82: Bayesian statistics (Bernoulli & IASE) (Fri 8th 9:00 - 11:15)

Org: Murray A Aitkin, Murray.Aitkin@newcastle.ac.uk

Jose Bernardo
An Integrated Mathematical Statistics Primer: Objective Bayesian Construction, Frequentist Evaluation
Kerrie Mengersen
Bayesian Model Selection: Review and Discussion *
Richard Boys, Murray Aitkin, Tom Chadwick
Bayesian Point Null Hypothesis Testing Via The Posterior Likelihood Ratio *
Dalene Stangel
(Discussant) *
Murray A Aitkin
(Discussant) *
[Note *: Entries in grey are not statistics education talks]

IPM 83: Challenges in the teaching of survey sampling (IASS & IASE) (Tue 12th 13:00 - 15:15)

Org: Wilton de Oliveira Bussab, bussab@fgvsp.br

Risto Lehtonen
A Dynamic Learning Environment In Survey Sampling Based On A Textbook And Its Web Extension
Colm O'Muircheartaigh
TBA

For more information about ISI 55, see the conference website.

Updated by: Christopher John Wild on Jan 20 2005