Statistics In Liberal Arts Education
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1985
Published In
The American Statistician
Abstract
Statistics has not been a part of the typical liberal arts curriculum. After an examination of some central features of both liberal arts education and statistics, it is argued that statistics can play a strong role in liberal arts education, in part because of the advances that have taken place in computer technology.
Keywords
Liberal arts education, Statistics education
Recommended Citation
Gudmund R. Iversen.
(1985).
"Statistics In Liberal Arts Education".
The American Statistician.
Volume 29,
Issue 1.
17-19.
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1985.10479380
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-math-stat/217