Volume 16 (2008)

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Current issue

The March 2008 (Volume 16, Number 1) issue of JSE is now available. The table of contents is at: [2008 Table of Contents]. This issue has nine papers, ranging from material appropriate for introductory courses to material for graduate level classes. Among the papers are many useful and creative ideas for improving teaching. The variety is interesting, so take a look at all the papers.

One thing that is missing in this issue are papers in the Datasets and Stories department. We have a few that are nearly complete and expect at least two Datasets and Stories papers in the July issue.

A reminder from the editor

As you may have noticed, we now provide pdf versions of all papers as well as an html version. The pdf versions are suitable for downloading and printing. They are often cleaner looking than the html versions. This is certainly true for papers with many equations. Although html code does exist for many mathematical symbols, it is not the ideal language for equations. For example, html does not allow one to place one symbol directly above or below another. Thus, there is no code for the x-bar symbol for the mean. Also, older browsers may not support special html code. In those cases where a symbol or equation cannot be directly rendered in html, we create a picture of the symbol or equation (a gif or jpg file) and display the symbol or equations as a picture. There are a couple of drawbacks with using pictures. First, pictures are difficult to align and usually do not look good in the middle of a sentence. Thus, we often set them on a separate line. Second, the resolution of the pictures may be low and look blurred in some browsers. For articles with many equations, we encourage readers to take a look at the pdf version. Also, if you are submitting a paper with many equations or mathematical symbols, remember that the html version of your paper may not look as nice as the electronic version you submit. But we will convert your electronic version into a pdf file so that readers have access to a very clean looking version of your paper.

JSE is a publication of the American Statistical Association

Next issue

The next issue of JSE is due to be announced in July 2008. Articles in the next issue may appear on the Web site one at a time during the construction of the issue.

Other statistics education journals.

Statistics Education Research Journal
"Statistics Education Research Journal [SERJ] is published by the International Association for Statistical Education to encourage research activity, advance knowledge about student's attitudes, conceptions, and difficulties as regards stochastical knowledge and improving the teaching of statistics at all educational levels."
(www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications.php?show=serj)

Teaching Statistics
A journal for teachers of students aged 9 to 19.
(www.rsscse.org.uk/ts/)

Case Studies in Business, Industry and Government Statistics (CS-BIGS)
A journal of case studies in business, industry, and government statistics.
www.bentley.edu/csbigs
or
http://mail.beaconhill.org/~j_haughton/csbigstitle1-1jh.pdf.

Technology Innovations in Statistics Education
A journal reporting on studies of the use of technology to improve statistics learning at all levels, from kindergarten to graduate school and professional development.
http://repositories.cdlib.org/uclastat/cts/tise/.

Mission statement

JSE disseminates knowledge for the improvement of statistics education at all levels, including elementary, secondary, post-secondary, post-graduate, continuing, and workplace education. ...

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