The reasoning behind informal statistical inference

Mathematical Thinking and Learning

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 152-173

  Makar, Katie ^a   Bakker, Arthur ^b   Ben Zvi, Dani ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 78951488907     PISSN: 10986065     EISSN: 15327833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10986065.2011.538301     Document Type: Article

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