The measurement of statistics students' understanding of variation


Authors: 
Watson, J. M., Kelly, B. A. Callinham, R. A., & Shaughnessy, J. M.
Volume: 
34
Pages: 
29-Jan
Year: 
2003
Publisher: 
Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education
Abstract: 

Deals with a study which explored the ways in which school students evaluate numerically the chance expressed in various common language phrases as they appear in newspaper headlines in Tasmania. Exploration on how students interpret verbally a percent expression of chance in the context of risk of a side-effect from a medicine; Significance of appreciating chance language; Implications for classroom teaching.

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