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Dunn, Peter K.; Marshman, Margaret – Australian Mathematics Education Journal, 2021
This is the fourth in a series of statistical articles for mathematics teachers. In this article, the authors discuss topics in General Mathematics in Unit 2 Topic 1 (Univariate data analysis and the statistical investigation process) and topics in Essential Mathematics, Unit 2 Topic 1 (Representing and comparing data).
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Data Analysis, Graphs
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van Dijke-Droogers, Marianne; Drijvers, Paul; Bakker, Arthur – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2020
While various studies suggest that informal statistical inference (ISI) can be developed by young students, more research is needed to translate this claim into a well-founded learning trajectory (LT). As a contribution, this paper presents the results of a cycle of design research that focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of the…
Descriptors: Statistical Inference, Grade 9, Sampling, Statistical Distributions
Humphrey, Patricia B.; Taylor, Sharon; Mittag, Kathleen Cage – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2014
Students often are confused about the differences between bar graphs and histograms. The authors discuss some reasons behind this confusion and offer suggestions that help clarify thinking.
Descriptors: Graphs, Statistical Distributions, Mathematics Instruction, Statistics
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Cordani, Lisbeth K. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2013
This article explores an example in finances in order to motivate the random variable learning to the very beginners in statistics. In addition, it offers a relationship between standard deviation and range in a very specific situation.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Statistics, Mathematical Concepts, Money Management
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Quinino, Roberto C.; Reis, Edna A.; Bessegato, Lupercio F. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2013
This article proposes the use of the coefficient of determination as a statistic for hypothesis testing in multiple linear regression based on distributions acquired by beta sampling. (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Multiple Regression Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, Sampling, Statistical Distributions
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Benson, Eric – Journal of Instructional Pedagogies, 2013
The statistical output of interest to most elementary statistics students is the p-value, outputted in computer programs like SPSS, Minitab and SAS. Statistical decisions are sometimes made using these values without understanding the meaning or how these values are calculated. Most elementary statistics textbooks calculates p-values for z-tests…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Graphing Calculators, Statistics, Mathematics Instruction
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Groth, Randall E.; Kent, Kristen D.; Hitch, Ebony D. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2015
Considerable discrepancies between the mean and median often occur in data sets that are skewed left, skewed right, or have other unusual features. In such cases, it is important to analyze the data and context carefully to decide how best to describe centers of distributions. The importance of this type of statistical thinking is acknowledged in…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Mathematics Instruction, Statistical Analysis, Statistics
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Bansilal, Sarah – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2014
This study is an exploration of teachers' engagement with concepts embedded in the normal distribution. The participants were a group of 290 in-service teachers enrolled in a teacher development program. The research instrument was an assessment task that can be described as an "unknown percentage" problem, which required the application…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistics, Statistical Distributions, Teacher Education Programs
Strazzeri, Kenneth Charles – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purposes of this study were to investigate (a) undergraduate students' reasoning about the concepts of confidence intervals (b) undergraduate students' interactions with "well-designed" screencast videos on sampling distributions and confidence intervals, and (c) how screencast videos improve undergraduate students' reasoning ability…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Video Technology, Statistics, Logical Thinking
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Zhang, Lingyun; Govindaraju, Kondaswamy – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2012
The need to encourage "what if" questions for statistical thinking in a classroom environment is stressed in this article. (Contains 1 figure and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Statistics, Classroom Environment, Teaching Methods, Logical Thinking
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Wroughton, Jacqueline; Cole, Tarah – Journal of Statistics Education, 2013
Recognizing the differences between three discrete distributions (Binomial, Hypergeometric and Negative Binomial) can be challenging for students. We present an activity designed to help students differentiate among these distributions. In addition, we present assessment results in the form of pre- and post-tests that were designed to assess the…
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Active Learning, Mathematical Concepts
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Zullo, Holly – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2008
This article points out an unexpected but common misconception by students dealing with the exponential distribution.
Descriptors: Statistical Distributions, Misconceptions, Mathematics Instruction, Simulation
Actuarial Foundation, 2012
The purpose of these modules is to provide an introduction to the world of probability and statistics to accelerated mathematics students at the high school level. The materials are centered on the fictional town of Happy Shores, a coastal community which is at risk for hurricanes. Actuaries at an insurance company figure out the risks and…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Probability, Statistics, Learning Modules
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Joarder, A. H.; Omar, M. H. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2007
The mean and variance of some continuous distributions, in particular the exponentially decreasing probability distribution and the normal distribution, are considered. Since they involve integration by parts, many students do not feel comfortable. In this note, a technique is demonstrated for deriving mean and variance through differential…
Descriptors: Probability, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Formulas
Actuarial Foundation, 2012
The purpose of these modules is to provide an introduction to the world of probability and statistics to accelerated mathematics students at the high school level. The modules also introduce students to real world math concepts and problems that property and casualty actuaries come across in their work. They are designed to be used by teachers and…
Descriptors: Probability, Statistics, Learning Modules, Calculus
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