Research has shown that teachers' pedagogical decisions are deeply influenced by their own disciplinary conceptualizations and beliefs. As a dynamically evolving discipline, statistics evokes a wide range of perspectives, ranging from a rather applied, interdisciplinary approach to a deeply theoretical, mathematical understanding. We recognize that incoming statistics Teaching Assistants (TAs)
... [Show full abstract] enter their graduate programs with varied academic backgrounds and disciplinary experiences that likely influence their own approach to teaching statistics and uptake of department training. We investigate how statistics TAs' previous experiences shape their incoming disciplinary and pedagogical beliefs for statistics. We share survey and interview findings from seven statistics TAs new to their graduate programs.