New Zealand Association of Mathematics Teachers

Biennial Conference 2003

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The Bevan Werry Speaker for 2003

is

 Harold Henderson

Harold is a consulting statistician with AgResearch at Ruakura in Hamilton, where he’s worked for the last 24 years. He provides statistical advice on design of experiments, the analysis of data and the presentation of results to ensure that experiments meet their objectives, data are correctly interpreted and conclusions are drawn with confidence. He is also an honorary lecturer at the University of Waikato and co-ordinates the graduate Statistical Consulting course.

He is interested in data visualisation. Powerful new methods of data visualisation (dynamic graphics and trellis display), together with modern computing environments, have combined to produce a new frontier of data analysis. Visualisation tools provide deep insight into the structure of data. This approach to data analysis stresses the use of visualisation to thoroughly study the structure of data and to check the validity of statistical models fitted to data. Dynamic statistical graphics are now widely available in many statistical packages, and even in Excel. He will give examples of the use of data visualisation in statistical practice. Using such techniques, the internally assessed components of NCEA statistics can be presented by students in ways which are relevant, up-to-date and easy to understand.

The powerpoint presentation used during this plenary is available as a zip file from this link.

Harold Henderson,

Statistics, AgResearch Ruakura,

PB 3123, Hamilton, New Zealand

Phone +64 7 838 5151  

Fax +64 7 838 5012

Email: harold.henderson@agresearch.co.nz

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