The "fundamental theorem" of statistics: Classifying student understanding of basic statistical concepts.


Authors: 
Clark, J. M., Kraut, G., Mathews, D., & Wimbish, J.
Category: 
Pages: 
17-Jan
Year: 
2003
Abstract: 

A goal of this study is to verify, or modify, the genetic decomposition of the Central Limit Theorem through the identification of students who had developed a viable understanding of this theorem. Another goal of the present paper is to add to the body of knowledge concerning the development of statistical knowledge in college students by building on the work done by Mathews and Clark.

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