Richard Scheaffer
Colorado-Wyoming Chapter

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Richard Scheaffer
President of American Statistical Association

"Tukey and Technology: The Keys to Modern Statistics Education"

Abstract
Over the past century, many attempts were made to promote statistics as a key part of the school curriculum. All attempts failed until the emphasis in the practice of statistics moved to data analysis. Tukey made data analysis acceptable; technology made data analysis possible. The combination led to a revolution in statistics education that has placed data analysis in the center of current curricular reform.