Teaching Statistics

Congratz, Megan McArdle, for busting a big publication running bogus statistics. However, pleading with the world to learn more math and statistics is a pretty trite and pointless conclusion.

The media has always presented biased perspectives and misleading or even inaccurate statistics. Sure it's annoying and we frown upon it, but that's how the media works. This is nothing remotely new. Despite her obvious intelligence, I've even caught Megan McArdle herself blogging with errors in her math.

I have only a few slots left in my allowable roster of online learners

Not a statistics teacher but I would be interested in enrolling. How does one sign up?

Actually, is there any way the curious could observe what you've done? I have someone I would like to convince that the web is the best way to deploy educational content right now. He seems convinced that people really want to use a self-contained application. Calculus, not statistics. Yeah, I know, how can I possibly have to argue this in 2006...

To contact me, try arnoldsk at us dot net

I teach economics in a school in India . I want to enrol for your online statistics programme. How do I do it?
Gopal

Some knowledge of statistics is vital for being literate nowadays. If you want to understand the world you live in, you need to read scientific arguments, and for that you need to understand statistics.

Arnold, could you perhaps post your site for the general public to play with?

Brad, there are tradeoffs in both directions. Web content has zero install cost but has technical limitations that make it, frankly, crappier. So you and your colleague are both right -- the question is, which is more important: easy install, or better software?

For the main software a class uses, a little bit of install time is no big deal. If you are talking about something that will get used for one class period, then install time is everything.