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In this article, up-to-date statistical data from studies and polls revealing reading activity in recent years in Italy will be presented. In particular, we will focus on the profile of young people in Italy as readers - their reading preferences, attitudes and habits. Emphasis will be placed on the efforts of Italian institutions (schools, libraries, publishing houses) to promote reading. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The text describes the essence of tourism. Statistical studies on the development of tourism are considered, its digitization is considered. The number of tourists during and after COVID-19 was examined; Statistics are presented related to the number of tourists who visited Bulgaria for the period from January to December 2021; January to June 2022. Visits to Bulgaria as a tourist destination are considered in comparison to visits by tourists from other countries. The number of Bulgarian tourists visiting other countries is also taken into account. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a lesson, which main purpose was to present data by tables and diagrams using computer program Excel. A test for defining the personality type of each student was made in advance by the school psychologist. On the basis of the collected data, the students had to make tables with the personality types of the class and also fill in the results during the lesson. The students also had to prepare column diagram using the information from the table deciding the design on their own. The purpose of this exercise was to check the ability of the students to use in practice their knowledge about the type of diagram they had already learned in previous lessons. The second type of diagram that they had to prepare was the pie. They had to use a format that shows the percentage of each sector. The goal of this exercise was to bind their knowledge from 5th grade with a future material they will learn in 6th grade about the pie diagram, and how to draw it. At the end of this exercise the students had to check if the percentage of the sectors coincides with the real number of people with that personality type and to conclude by themselves if the percentage was rounded or not. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The text describes the essence of tourism. The statistical researches for the development of tourism and its digitalization are considered. The characteristics of the old and the new tourist are analyzed and compared. Statistical data related to the number of tourists who visited Bulgaria for the period from January 2019 to July 2021 are presented. Visits to Bulgaria as a tourist destination are considered in comparison with the visits of tourists from other countries. The number of Bulgarian tourists visiting other countries is also reported. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reflections on problematic moments in the teaching of statistics as a part of mathematics school education are presented. The article concerns problems related to the predominant approach, on one hand the inclusion of statistics in school education, in which statistics is perceived as a part of mathematics, and on the other hand to the definition of the conceptual framework, ignoring the requirements of measurement theory and the lack of a systematic approach in teaching, as consequence of the configuration of the curriculum. In accordance with the set goal, an argumentation of the defended thesis is presented – the current approach approved through the curriculum prevents the development of systematic and logically consistent knowledge about the collection, processing and analysis of statistical information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work investigates the actual and the legendary scientific research of Abraham Wald on the survival probabilities of planes with different number of hits from enemy fire. We give new explanation to the deduction of his basic equation. We explain his basic assumptions and their role in the process of derivation, which we display in more detail. We investigate the role of intuition in this statistical study and how ignoring it allows to formulate assumptions and derive equation about missing data, which is unknowable in the strict sense of the term. We discuss the roles of estimations for unknowable or unobservable variables and highlight the methodology of sequential relaxations of estimations for recursive approximation of real-world data by successive theoretical models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reviews the opportunity to increase the popularity of Statistics through the introduction of ICT. Shared is the experience gained from applying SPSS in the education of students within an Interest group within the Success and Your Hour programs in the period 2013-2018. A diagnostic study was conducted to establish the results. Measured is the change of their attitude towards Statistics as a subject through a carried-out surve. Levels of change showing increased interest are identified. The data obtained supports the consideration that the result obtained is not by chance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]