Play-in-stats: A Hackathon to Create Website for Statistic Literacy (Part 2)
Note: This is a follow-up hackathon from 2024 Nairobi.
Understanding statistics is essential to researchers at all levels to interpret and apply findings and for the general population to critically evaluate information. While learning statistics can be challenging for those new to it, it has been shown that such experience can be improved through animation interactivity, at least for basic concepts (Wang et al., 2011) and Bayesian reasoning (Mosca et al., 2021). However, creating such interactive resources is time-consuming and requires specific skill sets. In 2024, SIPS, the group decided to build a website with a directory of other resources. Following that, this hackathon aims to start creating vignettes for statistic concepts and develop structured questions for better understanding.