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Morris, Bradley J.; Masnick, Amy M.; Was, Christopher A. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2022
The statistical properties of data are not present in any individual value, but rather, emerge only by perceiving the set as a whole. Summarizing the statistical properties of sets (e.g., creating ensembles) is ubiquitous in cognition, yet one unanswered question is how this process changes over development. The properties of number sets (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 6, Data Interpretation
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Saffran, Andrea; Barchfeld, Petra; Sodian, Beate; Alibali, Martha W. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
In a series of 3 experiments, the authors investigated the influence of symmetry of variables on children's and adults' data interpretation. They hypothesized that symmetrical (i.e., present/present) variables would support correct interpretations more than asymmetrical (i.e., present/absent) variables. Participants were asked to judge covariation…
Descriptors: Children, Adults, Age Differences, Data Interpretation