ASSESSING STUDENTS' STATISTICAL LITERACY


Authors: 
BUDGETT, Stephanie and PFANNKUCH, Maxine
Pages: 
online
Year: 
2007
Publisher: 
Proceedings of IASE satellite conference on assessing student learning in statistics
URL: 
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/lss/statistics/IASE/CD_Assessment/index.htm
Abstract: 

This paper describes the methods and challenges in assessing an undergraduate course entitled Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics. The course has three main aims: to instill in students the ability to "think statistically", to enable students to critically evaluate statistically based reports and to teach students to construct statistically sound reports. The assessment is examined in terms of these aims and the criteria developed by Gal (2002) for statistical literacy.

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