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Abstract Details

Activity Number: 419
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #302319
Title: Exploring the Role of Problem Context in Students' Understanding of Sampling
Author(s): Herle McGowan and Leigh Slauson*+ and Tara Cope and Jacqueline Wroughton
Companies: North Carolina State University and Capital University and The State University of New York at Adirondack and Northern Kentucky University
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Keywords: context ; sampling ; inference
Abstract:

Context plays an important role in the discipline of Statistics as providing meaning for data analysis and the evaluation of evidence, but may be distracting to students. The use of good sampling methods also plays an important role in Statistics, as necessary for ensuring appropriate inference. This research explores the role of context in students' reasoning about sampling. Data was collected at four diverse academic institutions and analyzed to explore the interaction between the strength of a student's opinion about a topic--providing the context for a study--and their ability to judge the quality of the sampling method and the scope of the conclusions in the study. Results will be presented and implications for future research discussed.


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