Statistical Literacy, Reasoning, and Thinking: Guidelines 2.0

Presidential Task Force on Introductory Psychology
Statistical Literacy Subcommittee
(full report)

Subcommittee Members

Garth Neufeld, Cascadia College (Subcommittee Chair)

Samantha Estrada Aguilera, University of Texas at Tyler      

Kelly Goedert, Seton Hall University

Janet Peters, Washington State University

V. N. Vimal Rao, University of Minnesota

Viji Sathy, University of North Carolina

Tamarah Smith, Gwynedd Mercy University

Jessica Hartnett, Gannon University (Committee Chair)

Charge and Purpose

On an annual basis, presidents of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) declare task forces related to personal areas of interest in teaching psychology. The current work was envisioned by 2021 President of STP, Dr. Susan Nolan, as a part of the Statistical Literacy, Reasoning, and Thinking: Guidelines 2.0 task force. It specifically looks at statistical literacy in the Introductory Psychology course.

In 2021, a team of volunteer task force members, representing diverse institutions, set out to make a recommendation for statistical literacy in the Introductory Psychology course. The result is this deliverable.

The purpose of this deliverable is to support Introductory Psychology instructors who desire to help their students learn essential outcomes for statistical literacy in an Introductory Psychology course. The guiding values of this work have led us to design easily implemented course assignments aligned with topics that are already being taught in the course.

Presidential Task Force in the Undergraduate Psychology Curriculum
Statistical Literacy Subcommittee
(full report)

Subcommittee Members

Erin K. Freeman, University of Oklahoma (Subcommittee Chair)

Bryan Karazsia, The College of Wooster

Raymond J. Shaw, Merrimack College

Raechel Soicher, Oregon State University

Amanda Mae Woodward, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Jodie Ullman, CSU Santa Barbara

Alison Young Reusser, Houghton University

Jessica Hartnett, Gannon University (Committee Chair)

Charge and Purpose

On an annual basis, presidents of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP) declare task forces related to personal areas of interest in teaching psychology. In 2021, STP President Dr. Susan Nolan developed a task force on Statistical Literacy, Reasoning, and Thinking: Guidelines 2.0.  This task force was further broken down into two sub-committees, and the present work is the result of the sub-committee that was charged with looking at statistical literacy in the undergraduate psychology curriculum. Specifically, we were asked to update earlier guidelines while considering new research on statistical literacy in general and incorporating what we have learned from the open science movement, data ethics initiatives, and new analytical approaches