Statistics within Departments of Mathematics at Liberal Arts Colleges.

Moore, Thomas L.; Witmer, Jeffrey A.

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ERIC Number: EJ430507

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Statistics within Departments of Mathematics at Liberal Arts Colleges.

Moore, Thomas L.; Witmer, Jeffrey A.

American Mathematical Monthly, v98 n5 p431-36 May 1991

An outline of some of the essential differences, both in content and methods, between statistics and core mathematics is provided, along with subsequent discussion of the practical implications that these differences portend for a mathematics department at a liberal arts college. (JJK)

Descriptors: College Mathematics, Curriculum Evaluation, Higher Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Small Colleges, Statistics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Teachers; Policymakers; Practitioners

Language: English

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