The statistics concept inventory: A pilot study

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages T3D1-T3D6

  Stone, Andrea ^a   Allen, Kirk ^a   Rhoads, Teri Reed ^a   Murphy, Teri J ^a   Shehab, Randa L ^a   Saha, Chaitanya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept inventories; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INSTRUMENT TESTING; STUDENTS;

CONCEPT INVENTORIES; MULTIPLE CHOICE; PILOT STUDIES; TESTING INSTRUMENT;

STATISTICS;

EID: 84945972873     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2003.1263336     Document Type: Conference Paper

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