Mapping the structure of knowledge for teaching nominal categorical data analysis

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 247-265

  Groth, Randall E ^a   Bergner, Jennifer A ^a  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical data; Partially correct constructs; Statistical knowledge for teaching; Statistics; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876945552     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-012-9452-4     Document Type: Article

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