Throughout the modules, there is ample opportunity to put statistical techniques in the context of the history of the people who invented those techniques and some of their early applications. This is important because it also gives us an opportunity to invite students into conversations about how many of the practitioners of modern statistics were inextricably linked with the eugenics movement.
Throughout the modules, there is ample opportunity to put statistical techniques in the context of the history of the people who invented those techniques and some of their early applications. This is important because it also gives us an opportunity to invite students into conversations about how many of the practitioners of modern statistics were inextricably linked with the eugenics movement.