Understanding distributions by modeling them

International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-230

  Konold, Cliff ^a   Harradine, Anthony ^b   Kazak, Sibel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co variation; Computer simulations; Data analysis; Distributions; Modeling; Probability; Statistical reasoning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRICULA; PROBABILITY; STUDENTS;

DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL INFERENCE; STATISTICAL REASONING;

DATA REDUCTION;

EID: 37649023097     PISSN: 13823892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10758-007-9123-1     Document Type: Article

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