Emergent understanding and attribution of randomness: Comparative analysis of the reasoning of primary grade children and undergraduates

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-265

  Metz, Kathleen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0009158201     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s1532690xci1603_3     Document Type: Article

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