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Strategies used by students to compare two data sets

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posted on 2023-05-23, 06:59 authored by Robyn ReaburnRobyn Reaburn
One of the common tasks of inferential statistics is to compare two data sets. Long before formal statistical procedures, however, students can be encouraged to make comparisons between data sets and therefore build up intuitive statistical reasoning. Such tasks also give meaning to the data collection students may do. This study describes the answers given by beginning university students to tasks involving comparing data sets in graphical form, originally designed for students between Grades 3 to 9. The results show that whereas all the students had successfully completed either pre-tertiary mathematics or a bridging mathematics course many had similar difficulties to students of a younger age. In particular, they did not use a measure of centre or proportional reasoning when appropriate.

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Publication title

Mathematics Education: Expanding Horizons - Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia

Editors

J Dindyal, LP Cheng and SW Ng

Pagination

633-639

ISBN

978-981-07-2527-3

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

MERGA Inc.

Place of publication

Singapore

Event title

35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia

Event Venue

Singapore

Date of Event (Start Date)

2012-07-02

Date of Event (End Date)

2012-07-06

Rights statement

Copyright 2012 MERGA Inc.

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