Thanks to Francois and many others of you for sharing this new activity. For those of you curious about what the Friday "reveal" looks likes, it's now posted at the bottom of the
9/19 WGOITG. The reveal includes "a link to the original graph and the article that accompanied it" and "related statistical nuggets that might help [students] more fully make sense of the graph."
I should have pointed out this partnership happened because of outreach from the firm executing our PR Campaign,
This is Statistics, Stanton Communications. They reached out to the NYT Learning Network last fall around the election prediction contest, which resulted in the 10/5/16 NYT LN lesson plan,
And the Winner Is …? Using Statistics to Predict the 2016 Presidential Election and led to further interactions.
Thank you for your support which makes activities like
This is Statistics possible!
Best,
Steve
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Steve Pierson
Director of Science Policy
American Statistical Association
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-21-2017 15:42
From: Francois Dion
Subject: ASA Partners with New York Times Learning Network to Launch Monthly Statistics Feature
Great initiative. I've brought it up on Tuesday at a talk I did at a meetup on data visualization and provided the link to the people in attendance.
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Francois Dion
Chief Data Scientist
Dion Research LLC
Original Message:
Sent: 09-14-2017 09:20
From: Steve Pierson
Subject: ASA Partners with New York Times Learning Network to Launch Monthly Statistics Feature
Dear All,
Everything student-facing on the NYT Learning Network is free, as is everything they link to elsewhere on the NYT website (https://twitter.com/NYTimesLearning/status/906117699037745152).
The first WGOITG is Tuesday, September 18. Please help us to get the word out by sharing with your networks!
The URL for the announcement: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/learning/announcing-a-new-monthly-feature-whats-going-on-in-this-graph.html.
Best,
Steve
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Steve Pierson
Director of Science Policy
American Statistical Association
Original Message:
Sent: 09-13-2017 15:23
From: Stephen Elston
Subject: ASA Partners with New York Times Learning Network to Launch Monthly Statistics Feature
Hi,
When I first saw this I was really excited. However, I see that these materials are behind the pay-wall and appear to the copyrighted, limiting how I might be able to use them for teaching. Is there another way for students to access these materials?
Regards.
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Stephen Elston
Principle Consultant
Quantia Analytics, LLC
Original Message:
Sent: 09-12-2017 10:53
From: Rebecca Nichols
Subject: ASA Partners with New York Times Learning Network to Launch Monthly Statistics Feature
ASA Partners with New York Times Learning Network to Launch Monthly Statistics Feature
The American Statistical Association (ASA) has partnered with the New York Times Learning Network to help students better understand and think more critically about graphs: What's Going on in this Graph? (WGOITG): https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/learning/announcing-a-new-monthly-feature-whats-going-on-in-this-graph.html. A variation of their popular What's Going on in this Picture, WGOITG will be a monthly feature starting September 19 and continuing the second Tuesday of the following months (October 10, November 14) through the end of the school year in May.
Led by Sharon Hessney, the ASA team includes Corey Andreasen, Anna Bargagliotti, Chris Franklin, Stephen Miller, and Roxy Peck. A graph from a NYT news article will be presented on those dates with live moderation from 9 am-2 pm around the following questions:
* What do you notice?
* What do you wonder?
* What's going on in this graph?
On the Friday following the activity, the NYT LN will publish a follow up with details about the graph and statistical observations/lessons from Sharon and the team.
Please help us get the word out by sharing the announcement and the WGOITG dates with your networks (and on social media!) We also hope you'll involve students with this activity and send your comments to educinfo@amstat.org!
Thank you,
Rebecca
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Rebecca Nichols
Director of Education
American Statistical Association
Promoting the Practice and Profession of Statistics™
732 North Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-1943
(703) 684-1221, Ext. 1877
Fax: (703) 684-3768
rebecca@amstat.org
www.amstat.org
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