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ERIC Number: EJ1123370
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Nov
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-1570-1824
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Secondary School Students' Reasoning about Conditional Probability, Samples, and Sampling Procedures
Prodromou, Theodosia
Statistics Education Research Journal, v15 n2 p106-125 Nov 2016
In the Australian mathematics curriculum, Year 12 students (aged 16-17) are asked to solve conditional probability problems that involve the representation of the problem situation with two-way tables or three-dimensional diagrams and consider sampling procedures that result in different correct answers. In a small exploratory study, we investigate three Year 12 students' conceptions and reasoning about conditional probability, samples, and sampling procedures. Through interviews with the students, supported by analysis of their work investigating probabilities using tabular representations, we investigate the ways in which these students perceive, express, and answer conditional probability questions from statistics, and also how they reason about the importance of taking into account what is being sampled and how it is being sampled. We report on insights gained about these students' reasoning with different conditional probability problems, including how they interpret, analyse, solve, and communicate problems of conditional probability.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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