Reasoning with Multivariate Evidence

Jim Ridgway; James Nicholson; Sean McCusker

doi:10.29333/iejme/212

Reasoning with Multivariate Evidence

Jim Ridgway, James Nicholson, Sean McCusker

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We report a study where 195 students aged 12 to 15 years were presented with computerbased tasks that require reasoning with multivariate data, together with paper-based tasks from a well established scale of statistical literacy. The computer tasks were cognitively more complex, but were only slightly more difficult than paper tasks. All the tasks fitted well onto a single Rasch scale. Implications for the curriculum, and public presentations of data are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	245-269
Number of pages	25
Journal	International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education
Volume	2
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.29333/iejme/212
Publication status	Published - 12 Dec 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Multivariariate Data
Curriculum
Rasch Scaling
Hierarchies
Statistical Reasoning
Statistical Literacy
assessment

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