OZNZNeTS

Time

Program

0830 - 0900

Registration, Tea and Coffee

0900 - 0910

Welcome

0910 - 1010

Contributed Papers

0905 - Doug Stirling: Random computer-based exercises about normal distributions
0925 - Richard Wilson, Michael Bulmer: Joining the DOTS: Directed Online Tutorials for Students
0945 - Sharon Gunn, Roslyn Steel: Towards an understanding of processes and tasks that foster the development and assessment of statistical thinking

1010 - 1040

Morning Tea

1040 - 1125

Invited Speaker Presentation
Chris Wild: Applied Statistics as a growth engine for statistics programmes

1125 - 1220

Forum: What resources do university teachers of statistics need and want?
Panel: Michael Martin (chair), Larry Whedon, Peter Petocz

1220 - 1235

Presentation of Pitman Medal (Main Theatre)

1235 - 1310

Lunch

1310 - 1425

Invited Speaker Presentation
Rob Gould:Technological Literacy and Statistics Education: A call for thought and research

1425 - 1520

Contributed Papers

1415 - Alice Richardwon, Felicia Zhang: Games, sets and matches: are we still teaching statistics?
1425 - Sue Gordon, Jackie Nicholas: Why do statistics educators use examples to teach statistics?
1455 - Michael Bulmer, Emma Low: Technology for insight into student beliefs about statistics in large classes
1515 - Information

1520 - 1550

Afternoon Tea

1550 - 1635

Invited Speaker Presentation
Peter Petocz: On becoming a statistician

1635 - 1715

Contributed Papers

1635- Siva Ganesh: A discussion of software choices in teaching Data Mining techniques
1655 - Alyse Bilgin, Kehui Luo, Subramanyam Vemulpad: Statistics learning: making it easy for non-statisticians
1715 - Fiona Rymer: What employers want from statistics graduates

1900

Dinner, Seagrass Restaurant (Mid Level, Southgate)

Time

Program

0845 - 0930

Invited Speaker Presentation
Adrian Bowman: Statistical cartoons: the role of graphics in understanding statistics

0930 - 1030

Contributed Papers

0930 - Carol-Ann Badcock: Drug Development - what statistical skills are required by whom and when?
0950 - Murray Black: The Assessment of Unit Standards involving applications of statistics in the Public Sector
1010 - Peter Martin: Assessment of Participants in an Industrial Training Program

1030 - 1100

Morning Tea

1100 - 1145

Invited Speaker Presentation
Larry Weldon: Experience first, logic later

1145 - 1245

Contributed Papers

1145 - Ian Gordon, Sue Finch, Robert Maillardet: Statistics as breadth: the Melbourne experiment I: content and delivery
1205 - Sue Finch, Ian Gordon, Robert Maillardet: Statistics as breadth: the Melbourne experiment II: assessment
1225 - Nathaniel Phihama: Statistics New Zealand's initiative to increase statistical capability

1245 - 1330

Lunch

1330 - 1415

Invited Speaker Presentation
Michael Martin: What lies beneath: inventing new wheels out of old

1415 - 1515

Contributed Papers

1415 - Zamalia Mahmud: Two profiles of statistics learners: a discriminant analysis of attitudes towards statistics
1435 - Hilton Short, Robin Boyle, Richard Braithwaite, Michael Brookes, Jamie Mustard, Dilal Sundage: A comparison of student performance with "Student Evaluation" of the subject
1455 - Michael Brookes, Robin Boyle, Richard Braithwaite, Jamie Mustard, Dilal Saundage, Hilton Short: Investigating sample bias in student evaluations of teaching

1515 - 1445

Afternoon Tea

1545 - 1645

Forum: Where to from here?
Panel: Chris Wild (chair), Adrian Bowman, Rob Gould

1645

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