Advancing Statistical Thinking and Practice through Advocacy and Assessment

首席研究员和他的同事们设计了这次会议，以接触对商业和经济统计感兴趣的教师和专业人士，特别是在商学院的背景下。会议的主要目的是提高统计教学和商业教育和实践中的统计思维水平。 在讨论这些主题时，会议试图吸引来自教学和研究型学校的教师。 此外，会议的主要目的是吸引来自小型学校的教师，并鼓励计划成为商学院教师的统计学博士生参与。 组委会认识到这些团体往往得不到资金，因此将提供赠款，使这些人能够参加。会议主题反映在标题中，将通过关于统计宣传，最新研究进展，利用技术促进主动学习的特别会议以及关于如何改善商学院统计实践的小组讨论来解决。 会议还将包括与会者的海报会议，以及软件和教科书展览。

The principal investigator and his colleagues have designed this conference to reach out to faculty and professionals interested in statistics for business and economics, particularly in the context of business schools. The primary aims of the conference are to improve the teaching of statistics and the level of statistical thinking in business education and practice. In addressing these themes, the conference has sought to attract faculty from both teaching and research oriented schools. In addition, major aims of the conference are to draw in faculty members from small schools and to encourage the participation of doctoral students in statistics who are planning to become faculty members in a business school. The organizing committee recognizes that funding is often not available for these groups and so will provide grants to enable these individuals to participate.The conference themes reflected in the title will be addressed by special sessions on statistical advocacy, recent research developments, the use of technology to stimulate active learning, and a panel discussion on how to improve statistical practice in business schools. The conference will also include poster sessions for participants, and software and textbook exhibits.