Statistics Education in the United States: Statistical Reasoning and the Statistical Process

Abstract

Two important components of statistical literacy are statistical reasoning and the statistical process. This chapter summarises a study that analysed 41 mathematics state standards documents as they existed in 2006 to surmise the extent to which learning these components is expected of students in the United States. Most prominent among the findings were the overrepresentation of isolated statistical procedures and the corresponding scarcity of expectations addressing statistical reasoning and the statistical process.