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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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575
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Education
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| Abstract - #307746 |
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Title:
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Understanding p-Values and Statistical Significance
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Author(s):
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Jennifer Bergamo*+ and Ayesha Nneka Delpish and Nyaradzo Hope Mvududu and Georgette Nicolaides
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Companies:
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Onondaga Community College and Elon University and Seattle Pacific University and Syracuse University
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Address:
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4585 West Seneca Turnpike, Syracuse, NY, 13215,
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Keywords:
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p-value ;
significance ;
CAOS ;
RPASS
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Abstract:
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Statisticians in the classroom have long struggled with helping students understand p-values and statistical significance. One synopsis of the literature identifies five common student errors, misconceptions or difficulties about p-values. These misconceptions range from falsely believing that the p-value is always low to misinterpreting the p-value as the probability that the null hypothesis is false. To investigate students' understanding of and reasoning about p-values, the researchers administered a test instrument comprised of a subset of questions from the Comprehensive Assessment of Statistics (CAOS) and Reasoning about P-values and Statistical Significance (RPASS-8) scales, and conducted follow-up interviews with students. In this presentation researchers will discuss preliminary results and outline areas for future research including refinement of the instrument and evaluation.
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