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We are excited to announce that our 2018 NNN Conference
will be held at Michigan State University, October 12-14.
Huge thanks to MSU and Luke Tunstall
for partnering with NNN and supporting the conference.
NNN VP, Milo Schield, selected as
2018 ASA Fellow
by the American Statistical Association
This honor is limited to 0.3% of the members of the ASA (61 out of 18,000). Few are statistical educators; fewer are at small colleges.
Nomination. CV Citations Letters: Bailer, Kaplan, Weisberg, Wild and Witmer.
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Numeracy Editor, Nathan Grawe, publishes
Demographics and The Demand for Higher Education
(Johns Hopkins University Press)
This book examines how recent demographic shifts are likely to affect demand for higher education and explores how colleges and policymakers may respond to meet institutional and national goals. See also Amazon.
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Nov 19, 2017
Len Vacher receives Bernie Madison
will be held at Michigan State University, October 12-14.
Huge thanks to MSU and Luke Tunstall
for partnering with NNN and supporting the conference.
NNN 2018: October 12-14, Michigan State University!
Save the date!
Eric Gaze, NNN President
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NNN VP, Milo Schield, selected as2018 ASA Fellow
by the American Statistical Association
This honor is limited to 0.3% of the members of the ASA (61 out of 18,000). Few are statistical educators; fewer are at small colleges.
Nomination. CV Citations Letters: Bailer, Kaplan, Weisberg, Wild and Witmer.
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Numeracy Editor, Nathan Grawe, publishes
Demographics and The Demand for Higher Education
(Johns Hopkins University Press)
This book examines how recent demographic shifts are likely to affect demand for higher education and explores how colleges and policymakers may respond to meet institutional and national goals. See also Amazon.
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Nov 19, 2017
Len Vacher receives Bernie Madison
Outstanding Contribution Award
Audio-only: Eric Gaze presenting, Len Vacher acceptance. Nathan Grawe Numeracy
Video: Eric Gaze 3 min; 10s load, Len Vacher 3 min; 10s load. Nathan Grawe 19 min; 24s load
2017 NNN Annual Meeting
Barnard College Nov 17-19
Welcome by Eric Gaze, NNN President (video 6 min)
Thirty-two sessions on QL/QR/Statistical Literacy topics.
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Welcome to the new NNN website
2017 marks the roll-out of this website: the new home of the National Numeracy Network (NNN). This website highlights NNN's three primary activities: (1) Organizing annual meetings on numeracy, (2) Sponsoring Numeracy: the #1 peer-reviewed journal focused on Quantitative Literacy, and (3) Coordinating Quantitative Centers at colleges.
Mission: See "About the NNN"
With your support we can improve the level of numeracy in academia, schools and the world at large.
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Numeracy News2018/03/05 NNN officers, Marc Isaacson and Milo Schield, present a workshop on Data Literacy at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2018 in Grapevine, TX. Over 50 IT executives attend. The Gartner keynote address notes that Data Literacy is now the biggest problem in dealing with big data. Quant-Fluent website
Gartner ($4.8 B revenue) is the world's leading research and advisory company and a member of the S&P 500. Gartner sponsors high-end conferences for those working in Information Technology.
2017/11/15 NNN Numeracy Editor, Nathan Grawe, authors Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education.
2017/10/25. Nate Silver video: Journalists need statistical literacy.
2017/10/22 Beware! Figures Are Often Manipulated by Bruce Wilds. "In today's world, innumeracy is an even greater danger than illiteracy." Innumeracy: "An inability to understand the rules of percentages, ratios, statistics and basic math logic." "we must have a sound and basic understanding of numbers, what they represent, and how to relate to them."
2017/09/18 US Median Income Up -- Maybe.
In 2015, "income" is redefined to include money from retirement accounts. pdf
2017/09/11 Why Math Is the Best Way to Make Sense of the World.
To improve critical thinking, take more math and science, Rebecca Goldin
2017/08/20 CSU Ends Remedial Classes by Pamela Burden.
Numeracy Questions!!! [Milo Schield]
1) Eight Men have Half the World's Wealth
Which is this? (1) "Half of all the wealth in the world" or (2) the wealth of "half the world" or
"half the world's population"? What do your students think?
If it is #2, is it (a) "the wealth of the poorer half" or (b) "the wealth of the richer half"?
If (2a), is it misleading to omit mentioning the "poorer half"?
Could the richest 8 men have the same wealth as the richest half of the world's population?
2) US 2014 abortion rate lowest in last 10 years
Q. Which is this?
(1) the abortion rate per 1000 women (age 15-44) or
(2) the abortion rate per 100 pregnancies?
Q. Is it possible that #1 could go down in the US
while #2 could go up during the same time period?
Q. What would cause or explain #1 going down?
Q. What would cause or explain #2 going up?
QL Blog by Eric Gaze - NNN President
https://thinkingquantitatively.wordpress.com/
Quantitative Reasoning & Writing: Bernie Madison
