The challenge of developing statistical reasoning

Journal of Statistics Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Garfield, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Statistical reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038020629     PISSN: 10691898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2002.11910676     Document Type: Article

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