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ERIC Number: EJ544992
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Everyday Statistical Reasoning during Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Motivational, General Ability, and Developmental Influences.
Klaczynski, Paul A.; Gordon, David H.
Child Development, v67 n6 p2873-91 Dec 1996
Adolescents and young adults solved reasoning problems that related to their career goals. Results indicated that subjects found goal-enhancing evidence more convincing than goal-neutral and goal-threatening evidence; statistical reasoning was more frequent on goal-threatening than goal-neutral and goal-enhancing problems; and intellectual ability was unrelated to biases in adolescents' reasoning. (BC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Analysis of Covariance, Bias, Career Choice, Statistics, Thinking Skills, Young Adults
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Statistical Reasoning