The article describes the application of a service-learning strategy to a graduate statistics course. Employing a framework drawn from an emerging servicelearning canon, the author examines course design and implementation and identifies key outcomes and concludes that service-learning can contribute in a significant way to the contribution statistics courses can make to MPA programs.
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