Developing Statistical Literacy Using Real World Data : Investigating Socioeconomic Secondary Data Resources Used in Research and Teaching

Increasing volumes of statistical data are being made available on the open web, including from the World Bank. This ‘data deluge’ provides both opportunities and challenges. Good use of these data requires statistical literacy. This paper presents results from a project that set out to better under...

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Main Authors:	Carter, Jackie, Noble, Susan, Russell, Andrew, Swanson, Eric
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2013
Subjects:	statistical literacy building statistical capacities teaching and learning social science secondary data
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13327

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spelling	okr-10986-133272021-04-23T14:03:07Z Developing Statistical Literacy Using Real World Data : Investigating Socioeconomic Secondary Data Resources Used in Research and Teaching Carter, Jackie Noble, Susan Russell, Andrew Swanson, Eric statistical literacy building statistical capacities teaching and learning social science secondary data Increasing volumes of statistical data are being made available on the open web, including from the World Bank. This ‘data deluge’ provides both opportunities and challenges. Good use of these data requires statistical literacy. This paper presents results from a project that set out to better understand how socioeconomic secondary data are being used in helping to develop quantitative skills in UK university social sciences and focuses on the World Bank data in support of this. Evidence of real-world data use to develop statistically literate social science students is presented. This underpins capacity-building in UK social sciences, a need recognized by research councils, statistical organizations and other bodies. The work has helped uncover evidence of good practice in teaching and research to inform others who wish to support their students in becoming statistically literate using real-world data. The challenge is to share and replicate this good practice (mainly in economics and econometrics) in other areas of social and educational research which are less well served. 2013-05-07T20:57:11Z 2013-05-07T20:57:11Z 2011-10-13 Journal Article International Journal of Research & Method in Education 1743-727X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13327 en_US International Journal of Research & Method in Education;34(3) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Journal Article
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relation	International Journal of Research & Method in Education;34(3)
description	Increasing volumes of statistical data are being made available on the open web, including from the World Bank. This ‘data deluge’ provides both opportunities and challenges. Good use of these data requires statistical literacy. This paper presents results from a project that set out to better understand how socioeconomic secondary data are being used in helping to develop quantitative skills in UK university social sciences and focuses on the World Bank data in support of this. Evidence of real-world data use to develop statistically literate social science students is presented. This underpins capacity-building in UK social sciences, a need recognized by research councils, statistical organizations and other bodies. The work has helped uncover evidence of good practice in teaching and research to inform others who wish to support their students in becoming statistically literate using real-world data. The challenge is to share and replicate this good practice (mainly in economics and econometrics) in other areas of social and educational research which are less well served.
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author	Carter, Jackie Noble, Susan Russell, Andrew Swanson, Eric
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title	Developing Statistical Literacy Using Real World Data : Investigating Socioeconomic Secondary Data Resources Used in Research and Teaching
title_short	Developing Statistical Literacy Using Real World Data : Investigating Socioeconomic Secondary Data Resources Used in Research and Teaching
title_full	Developing Statistical Literacy Using Real World Data : Investigating Socioeconomic Secondary Data Resources Used in Research and Teaching
title_fullStr	Developing Statistical Literacy Using Real World Data : Investigating Socioeconomic Secondary Data Resources Used in Research and Teaching
title_full_unstemmed	Developing Statistical Literacy Using Real World Data : Investigating Socioeconomic Secondary Data Resources Used in Research and Teaching
title_sort	developing statistical literacy using real world data : investigating socioeconomic secondary data resources used in research and teaching
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Developing Statistical Literacy Using Real World Data : Investigating Socioeconomic Secondary Data Resources Used in Research and Teaching

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