ISI - International Statistical Institute Newsletter Volume 25, no. 3 (75) 2001
An ISI committee was established in 1994 to stimulate the spread of quantitative skills around the world in areas and populations (especially in developing countries and among the young) that could benefit from increased knowledge of numbers and their applications, with particular regard to statistics. The committee was chaired by Prof. Luigi Biggeri (Italy). Under his chairmanship some very concrete successes were realised.
In 2000, it was decided that this Project would now come under the umbrella of the IASE. Carol Joyce Blumberg, one of the Vice Presidents of IASE, has agreed, as a major portion of her sabbatical year, to work on the development of a working plan for the World Numeracy Project. If time permits, she will also begin on the implementation of this plan once it is approved by the IASE Executive Committee and the ISI Council.
Her first step in developing the World Numeracy Project is to gather information from as many people as possible as to what directions they want the World Numeracy Project to take. In order to do this, she needs anyone reading this article to give her suggestions as to what tasks the World Numeracy Project should undertake. Below is a list of possible ideas that were given in various reports from the ISI Committee chaired by Professor Biggeri. You may use this list as a starting point for your thoughts. But, what is also very important to her is to have people give her ideas that are NOT on this list.
List of Ideas from Former ISI Committee on the World Numeracy Program
1 |
Promotion of national numeracy programs |
2 |
Production of a TV series |
3 |
Survey of International Statistical Training efforts |
4 |
Survey of National Statistical Training efforts |
5 |
Register of International Statistical Standards |
6 |
Hall of Fame of great Statisticians |
7 |
Museum of Numbers |
8 |
Developing a code and/or booklet on correct data collection procedures |
9 |
Addressing the needs of teachers, media, and journalists |
10 |
Addressing the needs of national and local governments |
11 |
Promoting on a World Statistics Day or World Statistics Month |
12 |
Assisting with the development of national and international training efforts in statistics |
13 |
Assisting with the development of national and international training efforts in the teaching of statistics and numeracy. |
Carol Joyce Blumberg
cblumberg@winona.edu
If you prefer regular mail, please send to her at:
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Winona State University
Winona MN 55987-5838
USA
She can also be reached by telephone +1–507–457–5589 or fax +1–507–457–5376
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