THE CONCEPT OF DISTRIBUTION

TOWARDS A DATABASE OF RESEARCH IN STATISTICAL

EDUCATION

FLAVIA JOLLIFFE

University of Kent

F.Jolliffe@kent.ac.uk

SUMMARY

Definitions of research in statistical education are discussed. A system of keywords for categorising statistical education research is outlined. Proposals for a Web-based survey of statistical education researchers to collect details of their research activities in statistical education, and the design of a database to store these details are described.

Keywords: Statistics education research; database; Web survey

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Statistics Education Research Journal, 2(2), 47-58, http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/serj

Ó International Association for Statistical Education (IASE/ISI), November, 2003

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FLAVIA JOLLIFFE

Institute of Mathematics and Statistics

University of Kent

Canterbury

Kent, CT2 7NF

United Kingdom