Editors:
Goodall, G.
Type:
Category:
Volume:
25(2)
Pages:
36-39
Year:
2003
Publisher:
Teaching Statistics
Abstract:
Summary This article suggests how to move from the primary school notion of the average being 'fair shares for all' to the secondary school idea of the mean being a 'balancing point'.
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