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ERIC Number: EJ143510
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Teaching Intuitive Statistics I: Estimating Means and Variances
Lovie, Patricia; Lovie, A. D.
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 7, 1, 29-39, Feb 76
Research on college students' ability to estimate means and variances for sets of data showed that they were more able to estimate means, and that various characteristics of the data (e.g. magnitude of numbers) influenced the accuracy of estimates. (SD)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Higher Education, Instruction, Learning, Mathematics Education, Number Concepts, Problem Solving, Research, Statistics
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Identifiers: Estimation (Mathematics)