Thank you! This seems like a great starting point. I would very much
enjoy working on an alternative to proprietary expensive approach. I
am also very interested in education and statistics.
Thanks!
Quoting Dave :
Hi Marcia,
My tentative suggestion might well be completely off the mark But something
completely new and possibly lacking would be some documentation for
students doing or having to do statistics. Possibly the opensource PSPP (as
an alternative to the much too expensive SPSS) would be a nice thing to
help propagate.
The reason for me would be the too uncritical approach which seems to
dominate universities (my impression), especially the belief that
statistics can be automatically "validated" by some obscure mathematical
formulas. A classic criticism was written some years ago by Stephen Jay
Gould: The Mismeasure of Man. I think students need to know how to use
statistical programms without becoming blind believers, or, the opposite,
be so distrustful they don't want to have anything to do with it.
Anyway, hit me if the idea is too stupid.
Yours
Dave
On 28 December 2013 14:03, Marcia K Wilbur wrote:
Hi Everyone,
My name is Marcia Wilbur. <-- Who I am
I am located in the US, Arizona more specifically. < Where I live
I am from New England < Where I am from
For over a decade my writing focus was copyright and the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act. I have an AAS in computer science. A BS in
Technical Communications and a MS in IT from Arizona State University. For
many years, I taught technical communications to college freshmen as well
as other foundation courses (Welcome to the university, goal setting, etc.)
Recently, I have found myself with spare time. I know... can you imagine???
I have always been a contributing member of this community:
2000 - present Free speech/free software advocate joining LUGs in protest
of the DMCA
2001 - 2003 DMOZ (ODP) editor
2002-2003 Free Software Foundation intern
2003 Volunteer Electronic Frontier Foundation - DMCA FAQs for the DMCA
Blog
2003 Volunteer IP Justice - Created boilerplate documentation for grants
2003-2004 Author Linux Essentials (Aries in cooperation with CompTia Linux
+)
The rest of the time I spent volunteering here and there as well as
working as a Senior technical writer with some Programming and QA tasks in
semiconductor, education and finance.
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What my background is, etc.
I don't know what I can offer, but I am hoping I can put my skills to good
use and be of value to the community.
Thanks!
Marcia
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