Heuristics and biases in secondary school students' reasoning about probability


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Batanero, C., Serrano, L., & Garfield, J. B.
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In this paper the responses of 247 secondary students to 8 test items used in classical studies of probabilistic reasoning (representativeness, equiprobability bias and outcome approach) are analyzed. The study was designed to assess the quality of probabilistic reasoning of two levels of secondary students (14 and 18 year-old students). These groups are compared revealing few differences in their responses.

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