This paper is from Session 9D: Advancing statistics education through visualization technologies

which comes under Topic 9: Technology in statistics education

Other papers under session 9D ... 9D2: Statistical cartoons: the role of graphics in understanding statistics 9D3: Using Gapminder tools to animate statistics

(Monday 12th, 14:00-16:00)

Using visualisation to teaching data analysis and programming

Presenter

• Hadley Wickham (Rice University, United States)

Abstract

Modern data analysis demands computing skills that most potential statisticians lack. This paper discusses my approach to teaching data analysis and programming focused around the potential of visualization to engage students with the data and give them a flexible toolbox with which to attack many potential problems.

Other papers under session 9D ... 9D2: Statistical cartoons: the role of graphics in understanding statistics 9D3: Using Gapminder tools to animate statistics