Novice students' conceptual knowledge of statistical hypothesis testing


Authors: 
Williams, A.M.
Pages: 
online
Year: 
1999
Publisher: 
Making the difference: Proceedings of the Twenty-second Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
URL: 
http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/maths_educ/annewilliams/novice.pdf
Abstract: 

Examination of the statistical literature shows that consensus on definition, terminology, and interpretation of some hypothesis testing concepts is elusive. This makes hypothesis testing a difficult topic to teach and learn. This paper reports on the results of a study of novice students' conceptual knowledge of four hypothesis testing concepts through talking aloud and interview methods. While some students seemed to have a reasonable understanding of some concepts, many students seemed to have more limited understanding. The study explores students' faulty conceptual knowledge.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education