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An Investigation of Statistical Thinking in Two Different Contexts: Detecting a Signal in a Noisy Process and Determining a Typical Value

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Groth, Randall E. – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 2005

The study describes students' patterns of thinking for statistical problems set in two different contexts. Fifteen students representing a wide range of experiences with high school mathematics participated in problem-solving clinical interview sessions. At one point during the interviews, each solved a problem that involved determining the…

Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Problem Sets, Statistical Data, Data Analysis