The Use of Multivariate Methods to Analyze Students' Stochastic Conceptions


Book: 
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Teaching Statistics
Authors: 
Batanero, M. C., & Godino, J. D.
Editors: 
The National Organizing Committee of the ICOTS 4
Category: 
Volume: 
1
Pages: 
32-39
Year: 
1994
Publisher: 
The National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics
Place: 
Rabat, Morocco
Abstract: 

The theoretical basis of this paper is the modeling of students' conceptions about a specific topic as a qualitative and systemic construct. Following therefrom, a discussion about the role of multivariate analysis for studying the structure of these conceptions and for building explanatory models relating this structure to task, cognitive and instructional variables. An empirical study of students' intuitive conceptions referring to statistical association is used as an example.

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