Abstract

This paper outlines developments in statistical education in the period preceding the formation of the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE) 1991, and takes a tentative look at the future. The first section reviews the history of the ISI's Statistical Education Committee from its setting up in 1948 to the birth of the IASE in 1991. The second section attempts to identify some of the underlying factors contributing to the rapid growth of interest in statistical education during the last two decades or so. The third section gives a personal view of some of the issues the IASE may have to confront during its first few years of existence.

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