Assessing statistical knowledge, understanding, and skills


Book: 
Teaching statistical concepts
Authors: 
Hawkins, A., Jolliffe, F., & Glickman, L.
Type: 
Category: 
Pages: 
196-221
Year: 
1992
Publisher: 
Longman Publishers
Abstract: 

This chapter describes various methods for assessing statistical knowledge, understanding and skills. It covers traditional written forms of assessment, multiple-choice vs. open-ended questions, essays, practical work and projects, and oral assessments. It also discusses issues pertaining to the monitoring of on-going progress, groups that may be disadvantaged as the result of particular assessment methods, experiences of changing assessment methods, and the assessment of teachers.

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