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Aquilonius, Birgit C.; Brenner, Mary E. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2015
Results from a study of 16 community college students are presented. The research question concerned how students reasoned about p-values. Students' approach to p-values in hypothesis testing was procedural. Students viewed p-values as something that one compares to alpha values in order to arrive at an answer and did not attach much meaning to…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Statistics
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Kapitanoff, Susan; Pandey, Carol – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2017
Whatever their major, students are often required to take at least one course in statistics. After graduation, statistics is a key skill in numerous workplace settings. However, for many, it is a particularly difficult course. One factor that may play a role is the lingering misconception that women are not as good as men in mathematics subjects…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Anxiety, Gender Differences, Underachievement
Inkpen, Sarah Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The Premier Technical College of Qatar (PTC-Q) has seen high failure rates among students taking a college statistics course. The students are English as a foreign language (EFL) learners in business studies and health sciences. Course delivery has involved conventional content/ curriculum-centered instruction with minimal to no interactive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technical Institutes, College Mathematics, Statistics