Statistical variation in a chance setting: A two-year study

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 121-144

  Watson, Jane M ^a   Kelly, Ben A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

chance; distribution; instruction; longitudinal data; point estimate; probability; spinners; variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644253561     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EDUC.0000047053.96987.5f     Document Type: Review

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