{"id":1,"date":"2010-03-09T13:40:07","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T18:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/statisticalthinking.org\/\/?p=1"},"modified":"2010-03-22T01:01:02","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T06:01:02","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/statisticalthinking.org\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"A Necessary Revolution !"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the collaboratory for Statistical Literacy!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cStatistical thinking<\/em> will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read<\/em> and write\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

~ HG Wells<\/em> (1866-1946)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Existentially! We are \u2018thrown \u2018into uncertainty. Yet we must necessarily make choices by continously reducing the margin of error in our decisions and actions.<\/p>\n

There are several reasons why I believe that this blog would be of interest to you:<\/p>\n

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  1. Developments in the field of statistical pedagogy have come to recognize a separate domain of statistical thinking, besides the traditional notion of statistical methods. This revolution can be summarized as follows:a. The field of exploratory data analysis that gives priority to visual tools to gain insight from data.b. The availability and use of technology that has made statistical methods more accessible to all. This has made possible a preponement in the exposure to advanced techniques like regression, but not without the risk of mindless misapplication and disregard for quality of data.\n

    c. The development of simpler statistical methods in statistical process control has further democratized the use of statistics in real time practice. This has implications for medicine which has traditionally seen statistics purely as a tool in medical research.<\/li>\n

  2. The fields of cognitive and development psychology have contributed greatly to the understanding of how we make sense of data. Though they do not always agree! Statistical thinking in a broader sense is also a favorite contender for contemporary models of general reasoning in cognitive science. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These developments offer the greatest advantages to introductory courses in statistics and yet have has been very little impact in the teaching of statistics in medical and healthcare institutions. Further more, the application of statistics in clinical practice is still not as widespread as it should be.The aim of this blog is the advocacy of statistical thinking in medicine and healthcare.<\/p>\n

    I have been a keen student of these developments for quite some time now and I wish to share this \u2018basic\u2019 knowledge with medical and other healthcare students and practitioners. The position I assume in this exercise is as a fellow student and I hope professionals in statistics, psychology and informatics would be willing to contribute to the discussion, as well as correct any errors in my understanding.<\/p>\n

    The strength I hopefully bring to this blog is a broad based interest in the psychology, history and philosophy of statistics, of science, of information and the conviction that statistical thinking is indispensable to all parts of medical and healthcare science and practice. I hope to pull together as much resources that would be invigorating to any one beginning their journey of self- learning in statistical thinking. To travel along all you need is a little enthusiasm and an open mind.….<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Welcome to the collaboratory for Statistical Literacy! \u201cStatistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write\u201d ~ HG Wells (1866-1946) Existentially! We are \u2018thrown \u2018into uncertainty. Yet we must necessarily make choices by continously reducing the margin of error in our decisions and actions. There are… Continue reading A Necessary Revolution !<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/statisticalthinking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/statisticalthinking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/statisticalthinking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/statisticalthinking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/statisticalthinking.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/statisticalthinking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14,"href":"https:\/\/statisticalthinking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/statisticalthinking.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/statisticalthinking.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/statisticalthinking.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}