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ERIC Number: EJ315921
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Teaching Degrees of Freedom as a Concept in Inferential Statistics: An Elementary Approach.
Galfo, Armand J.
School Science and Mathematics, v85 n3 p240-47 Mar 1985
Discusses a strategy for teaching degrees of freedom (in conjunction with sampling theory). The strategy, used successfully with students who have completed no more than beginning secondary school algebra, involves drawing items from a pool of five in a hat while explaining sample means and variances. (DH)
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Sampling, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Statistics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Degrees of Freedom