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Activity Number: 17
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Sunday, August 6, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #306717
Title: Common Misconceptions in Statistical Literacy
Author(s): Marc Isaacson*+
Companies: Augsburg College
Address: 2211 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis, MN, 55454,
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Abstract:

Based on the experiences of teaching an online statistical literacy course at Capella University, this paper will explore the common issues and concepts learners have encountered. While some of these are common to traditional introductory statistics courses, statistical literacy online has unique challenges that must be recognized in order to successfully teach students the skills necessary to become literate in evaluating arguments involving statistics.

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