On becoming a statistician- A qualitative view

International Statistical Review

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 271-286

  Petocz, Peter ^a   Reid, Anna ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conceptions; Phenomenography; Professional preparation; Statistics education research

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651256462     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: 17515823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2010.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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