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Queiroz, Tamires; Monteiro, Carlos; Carvalho, Liliane; François, Karen – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2017
In recent years, research on teaching and learning of statistics emphasized that the interpretation of data is a complex process that involves cognitive and technical aspects. However, it is a human activity that involves also contextual and affective aspects. This view is in line with research on affectivity and cognition. While the affective…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Affective Behavior, College Seniors, Student Research
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Hobden, Sally – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2014
Information on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Southern Africa is often interpreted through a veil of secrecy and shame and, I argue, with flawed understanding of basic statistics. This research determined the levels of statistical literacy evident in 316 future Mathematical Literacy teachers' explanations of the median in the context of HIV/AIDS…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Scientific Literacy, Statistics