Milo Schield
Statistical literacy: factual assessment to support hypothetical thinking
gaise college report suggested teachers assess statistical literacy students inter preting critiquing articles news media stories typically present summary statistics support nonstatistical conclusions summary statistics require hypothetical thinking turn requires drill factual exercises involving deductive rightwrong answers paper presents wide range deductive exercises may help students develop hypothetical thinking needed deal fact statistics socially constructed paper pre sents 130 different topics involving factbased exercises objective answers 50 numerical 30 numberrelated 20 nonnumeric selected examples pre sented least half exercises used students webbased format exercises classified topics traditional research statistics statistical literacy