The traditional training of preparing, analysing and presenting data is supplemented with different techniques and emphases for different specialisations. Details of his paper are given at the end of this paper. Neville Davies looked at the place of computers and their impact on teaching and learning. Spreadsheets are still young and untested as part of teaching. New improved packages are more interesting to staff than to students.
Interactive software is better than electronic textbooks.
It may be syllabus course driven, problem driven or assessment driven. We are weak on learning design in software. For some students it is acceptable for the computer to be a black box which does the work - but insight into what is being done needs developing. Other students need to know in detail the statistical process being carried out by the computer. Service courses have different problems.