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Title: | Reasoning about Variation | Contributor(s): | Reading, CE (author) ; Shaughnessy, MJ (author) | Publication Date: | 2004 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/614 | Abstract: | Both variation, as a concept, and reasoning, as a process, are central to the study of statistics and as such warrant attention from both researchers and educators. This discussion of some recent research attempts to highlight the importance of reasoning about variation. Evolving models of cognitive development in statistical reasoning have been discussed earlier in this book (Chapter 5). The focus in this chapter is on some specific aspects of reasoning about variation. | Publication Type: | Book Chapter | Source of Publication: | The Challenge of Developing Statistical Literacy, Reasoning and Thinking, p. 201-226 | Publisher: | Kluwer Academic Publishers | Place of Publication: | Dordrecht, Netherlands | ISBN: | 1402022778 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130303 Education Assessment and Evaluation | HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.springer.com/statistics/book/978-1-4020-2277-7 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=au1w8Gsp5BsC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA201 http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/17476122 |
Editor: | Editor(s): D Ben-Zvi and J Garfield |
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Appears in Collections: | Book Chapter The National Centre of Science, Information and Communication Technology, and Mathematics Education for Rural and Regional Australia (SiMERR) |
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