We compile here articles that we have written summarizing our work together in the ISLP,in particular the work in the Government Statistical Offices and Statistical Literacy

Mary Townsend, Advisory Board member, will present at the Joint Statistical Meetings, 2008, the following paper of the ISLP: Efforts of Statistical Offices Across the World to Complement School Curricula , by Mary Townsend (Statistics Canada and ISLP), Pedro Campos (Statistics Portugal and ISLP), Sharleen Forbes (Statistics New Zealand), Paola Giache (Italian Statistics and ISLP), Reija Helenius (Statistics Finland and ISLP), Miranda Mafafo (Statistics South Africa and ISLP), Juana Sanchez (UCLA and ISLP), Paul Taylor (Australian Bureau of Statistics and ISLP).

This paper is based on our book Government Statistical Offices and Statistical Literacy

Adriana D'Amelio (Argentina). Octavo Congreso Latinoamericano de Sociedades de Estadistica, Montevideo, Uruguay, 7-10 Octubre, 2008

Mary Townsend, Canada. Joint Statistical Meetings, American Statistical Association, Denver, Colorado, August 2008

Maria Ines Rodriguez (Argentina). Octavo Congreso Latinoamericano de Sociedades de Estadistica, Montevideo, Uruguay, 7-10 Octubre, 2008

IPM 41. Tuesday August 18th, 2009

Session title: Exploiting the Progress in Statistical Graphics and Statistical Computing for the Benefit of Statistical Literacy Session Chair: Juana Sanchez (USA)

Dianne Cook (USA). Using R and GGobi to Enhance the Learning of Multivariate Analysis and Data Mining. (Abstract)

Lars Thygesen (Denmark). Wikis, Dynamic Charts, Videos and other Innovative Tools to Transform Statistics into Knowledge.

Naomi Robbins (USA). How to Avoid Common Graphical Mistakes

Helen North (South Africa). Tools to transform Statistics into Knowledge. Innovations in Accessing and Communicating Development Progress in South Africa.

Slovenia 11-16.7.2010

Reija Helenius (Finland). Improving Statistical Literacy by National and International Cooperation