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This paper is from Session 3C: Mentoring of graduate students

which comes under Topic 3: Statistics education at the post-secondary level             Full topic list

(Thursday 6th, 16:00-18:00)

As good as it gets: challenges in teaching Applied Statistics

Presenter

• Julio M Singer (Brazil)

Abstract

The role of mentoring (i.e., direct supervision) in bridging the gap between statistical methodology taught in the academic environment and its actual application to practical problems is considered. The particularities of the Brazilian case are highlighted and the thirty-year experience acquired by the Statistical Laboratory at the University of São Paulo is described. Topics ranging from interaction with clients, problem specification, statistical modelling, report writing to multimedia presentation of results are covered. The main difficulties and positive aspects of the program are identified. Guidelines to improve it are also discussed.