This roundtable aims to transform perspectives on teaching statistical literacy in library instruction. Participants will discuss concepts like mean vs. median and statistical significance through an in-person and virtual dialogue. Special focus will be placed on contextualizing data within scholarly literature. The goal is to inspire new approaches for teaching basic statistical reasoning to students in a library setting. Objectives include providing tools for helping students understand statistics in everyday life, integrating statistical literacy into one-shot sessions, and discussing how to transform understanding of statistics at large scale.

1. #StatLit #ACRL2017
"This roundtable aims to transform existing notions about
statistical literacy in library instruction. We will facilitate an in-
person and real-time virtual dialogue via Twitter and Periscope
about teaching students concepts such as mean vs. median,
and the real implications of "statistical significance." Special
emphasis will be placed on how data is contextualized within
the journal literature. The goal is to inspire transformational
thinking for teaching basic statistical reasoning to students
within a library context."

6. Q3 - What is the gold standard of research

7. Q3 - What is the gold standard of research
# Answer % Count
1 Experimental research 100.00% 7
2 Guessing 0.00% 0
3 Making assumptions off
of limited data
0.00% 0
Total 100% 7

8. Q4 - Why does the size of N matter in research?

9. Q4 - Why does the size of N matter in research?
# Answer % Count
1 Because small samples
are the most accurate
0.00% 0
2 Because the larger the
sample the less
probability of error
100.00% 7
3 Because it looks better in
a bigger font.
0.00% 0
Total 100% 7

10. Objective 1:
In-person and virtual participants in the roundtable will
leave with at least 3 active learning tools or techniques
that could help students appreciate the context and
complexities of how basic statistics are used in everyday
life. (20 minutes)
Objective 2:
In-person and virtual participants will gain understanding
of how to integrate basic statistical literacy into an existing
one-shot library class. (15 minutes)
Objective 3:
In-person and virtual participants will share ideas about
transforming existing understanding of basic statistical
concepts at scale. (15 minutes)

12. How do you define “statistical
literacy?”

13. What tools and techniques have you
employed in the classroom to help
student appreciate the context and
complexities of how basic statistics are
used in everyday life?

14. What are efficient tactics to
integrate basic statistical literacy
into a 50 minute one-shot
instruction session?

15. Research suggests that statistical
literacy is a problem across the
country How can we integrate stat lit
into our existing information literacy
framework and scale up across an
entire institution? Nationally?