Assessing student retention of essential statistical ideas: perspectives, priorities, and possibilities

American Statistician

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-61

  Berenson, Mark L ^a   Utts, Jessica ^b   Kinard, Karen A ^c   Rumsey, Deborah J ^d   Jones, Albyn ^e   Gaines, Leonard M ^f  

^a Department of Management and Information Systems ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Tallahassee Community College   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e REED COLLEGE   (United States)

^f SUNY EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artist project; Caos test; Gaise report; Montclair state university; Retention assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049123735     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/000313008X272761     Document Type: Article

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