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ERIC Number: EJ631689
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0144-3410
Framing the Problem: Effects of Wording on Children's Statistical Inferences.
Ng, Sik Hung; Pipe, Margaret-Ellen; Beath, Bruce; Holton, Derek
Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, v19 n4 p489-99 Dec 1999
Examines how the wording of statistical problems affects 11-12 year old children's answers. Ninety-six children were given statistical problems on two statistical concepts (base-rate and the law of large numbers). Indicates that the children had a high level of statistical intuition and knew when to reason statistically. (CMK)
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intermediate Grades, Interviews, Knowledge Level, Mathematics Achievement, Problem Sets, Sex Differences, Statistical Inference, Statistics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: New Zealand