2011 IASE Satellite Conference

Theme

The theme of the 7th IASE Satellite conference is Statistics Education and Outreach. All submissions addressing the theme are welcome.

Relevant topics include:-

1. The School/University interface. Activities that encourage more school students to take statistics at university; activities that lead to a more statistically literate population in general. Student competitions
2. School or University engagement with employers. How do we prepare students for the world of work and how do we involve employers in this process? What elements of our undergraduate curriculum specifically prepare our students for their future careers? How can we improve these elements?
3. Interaction with the media - how do we help journalists to have a better understanding of statistics?
4. Interaction with other professions e.g. the law, medicine, members of parliament.
5. Engagement with other academics/learned societies who use statistics e.g. in geography, psychology, business studies, health care, the sciences, social sciences.
6. School or University engagement with the local community. Improving statistical reasoning, thinking and literacy in the general public.

Your abstract may be accepted for either an oral or poster presentation.

Abstracts of 250-350 words should be submitted as e-mail attachments to bidgood@kingston.ac.uk, with the subject line IASE 2011 abstract (your surname). Abstracts should include the names and affiliations of all authors and a contact address (including e-mail and fax) for the proposed presenter. Please indicate whether you want to be considered for an oral presentation, a poster or either. An optional refereeing process for papers is offered. Acceptance of the abstract is conditional on at least one of the authors giving an oral or poster presentation at the conference.