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Effect of Prior Information on String Length Estimates
Franklin, Christine A.; Mulekar, Madhuri S.
Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, v26 n3 p66-71 Sep 2004
This article describes an activity through which students collect data and explore ways to display them through graphs and charts. It also motivates various summary measures for location, spread and shape. Finally, it gives an introduction to concepts of validity, reliability and unbiasedness.
Descriptors: Computation, Measurement, Prior Learning, Charts, Graphs, Validity, Reliability, Geometric Concepts, Mathematics Education, Statistical Bias
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