Interpretations of Boxplots: Helping Middle School Students to Think Outside the Box

Autor:	Thomas G. Edwards, Aslı Özgün-Koca, John Barr
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Boxplots Statistical representations Statistics education research Statistics instruction Student difficulties Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Probabilities. Mathematical statistics QA273-280
Zdroj:	Journal of Statistics Education, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 21-28 (2017)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1069-1898 10691898
DOI:	10.1080/10691898.2017.1288556
Popis:	Boxplots are statistical representations for organizing and displaying data that are relatively easy to create with a five-number summary. However, boxplots are not as easy to understand, interpret, or connect with other statistical representations of the same data. We worked at two different schools with 259 middle school students who constructed and interpreted boxplots. We observed that even students who were able to create boxplots had difficulty interpreting data represented in a boxplot. After sharing specific difficulties that we observed students having, we discuss ways to help students to make sense of data presented in boxplots.
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