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Peer reviewedNg, Sik Hung; Pipe, Margaret-Ellen; Beath, Bruce; Holton, Derek – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1999
Examines how the wording of statistical problems affects 11-12 year old children's answers. Ninety-six children were given statistical problems on two statistical concepts (base-rate and the law of large numbers). Indicates that the children had a high level of statistical intuition and knew when to reason statistically. (CMK)
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intermediate Grades
