Efficiently establishing concepts of inferential statistics and hypothesis decision making through contextually controlled equivalence classes

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 437-462

  Fienup, Daniel M ^a   Critchfield, Thomas S ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Contextual control; Inferential statistics; Instruction; Stimulus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; TEACHING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79960073319     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2010.43-437     Document Type: Article

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