Framing the Problem: Effects of Wording on Children's Statistical Inferences.

Ng, Sik Hung; Pipe, Margaret-Ellen; Beath, Bruce; Holton, Derek

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ERIC Number: EJ631689

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Publication Date: 1999

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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 - Location: New Zealand

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