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Direct linkLane, David M. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2015
Recently Watkins, Bargagliotti, and Franklin (2014) discovered that simulations of the sampling distribution of the mean can mislead students into concluding that the mean of the sampling distribution of the mean depends on sample size. This potential error arises from the fact that the mean of a simulated sampling distribution will tend to be…
Descriptors: Statistical Distributions, Sampling, Sample Size, Misconceptions
Download full textCheek, Kim A. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2010
Seventy-nine studies in geoscience conceptions appeared in peer-reviewed publications in English from 1982 through July 2009. Summaries of the 79 studies suggest certain recurring themes across subject areas: issues with terms, scale (temporal and spatial), role of prior experience, and incorrect application of everyday knowledge to geoscience…
Descriptors: Geology, Earth Science, Educational Research, Journal Articles
