Economist and maths communicator Tim Harford (previously) presents a riff on Harold Pollack’s aphorism that “The best financial advice for most people would fit on an index card,” and comes up with a complete set of rules for statistical literacy that fits on a postcard.
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Tag: numeracy
Debullshitifying the Brexit numbers
On the BBC’s More or Less podcast (previously), Tim Harford and his team carefully unpick the numerical claims made by both sides in the UK/EU referendum debate.
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Proposal: replace Algebra II and Calculus with “Statistics for Citizenship”
Andrew Hacker, a professor of both mathematics and political science at Queens University has a new book out, The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions, which makes the case that the inclusion of algebra and calculus in high school curriculum discourages students from learning mathematics, and displaces much more practical mathematical instruction about statistical and risk literacy, which he calls “Statistics for Citizenship.”
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