Fabienne Crettaz von Roten
Do we need a public understanding of statistics?
paper explores arguments favor public understanding statistics suggests possible contributions analysis surveys attitudes toward science statistics permeates aspects lifefrom education work media health citizenship example media reporting includes statistical references health social demographic trends education economics pervasiveness statistics poses problem statistics difficult discipline associated misunderstandings ruin trust lead misgivings civic scientific literacy covers statistics insufficiently theoretically empirically finally paper formulates new explanations built statistical literacy empirical results found surveys attitudes toward science suggests modes development statistical literacy context