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International Agencies and Non-Profit Organizations
This is the parent organization of IASE. Provides information and resources to aid them in the development of statistical literacy around the world at all levels from Primary/Elementary School through Adult Learners. This group has a lot of members who are active in statistics education. This group has yearly meetings and maintains a comprehensive website. Promotes discussion between experts in data production and a variety of 'consumers': administrative and political decision-makers, journalists, teachers, and concerned citizens. Very comprehensive website on all areas of Mathematics. The url for the Probability and Statistics portion is http://mathforum.org/probstat/probstat.html. This non-profit organization’s main purpose is to serve “as a resource for journalists by providing timely and well-researched analysis of current statistical and scientific disputes.” Useful to anyone teaching statistics. Created by a consortium of French universities A series of international research forums focusing on research on the topics of Statistical Reasoning, Statistical Thinking, and Statistical Literacy. “SIGMAA QL is the Special Interest Group of the MAA which focuses on Quantitative Literacy (QL). SIGMAA QL aims to provide a structure within the mathematics community to identify the prerequisite mathematical skills for quantitative literacy (QL) and find innovative ways of developing and implementing QL curricula.” (Quoted from webpage). This page also contains lists of meetings and links to some resources. Although it is mostly general mathematics, there is enough statistics there to make it worthwhile. An organisation dedicated to the improvement of statistical education for people of all ages. |