Jim Ridgway|James Nicholson|David Stern
Statistics education in a post-truth era
Durham University|Royal Statistical Society|University of Reading|Durham University|Royal Statistical Society|University of Reading
posttruth refers climate emotional reactions personal beliefs used shaping opinion forming basis political action empirical evidence contempt evidence socially corrosive violates core values statistical community poses existential threat idea evidenceinformed decision making task developing resistance posttruth shared amongst everyone involved statistics education explore possible responses community need promote non partisan approach promoting respect highquality evidence reasoning evidence also need look hard implicit acceptance evidenceinformed world view statistical scientific community claim much scene setting brief introduction problem ideas solutions groups factcheckers social media platform providers journalists explore ways introductory statistics courses could adapted incorporate antiposttruth activities conclude ideas statistics educators contribute efforts broader community depends statistical literacy threatened posttruth