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An open task to promote students to create statistical concepts through modelling
Author(s) -
Albarracín Lluís,
Aymerich Àngels,
Gorgorió Núria
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
teaching statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/test.12136
Subject(s) - salary , task (project management) , measure (data warehouse) , statistical analysis , range (aeronautics) , computer science , mathematics education , statistical model , psychology , statistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , engineering , data mining , management , economics , market economy , aerospace engineering
Summary This article reports on the solutions of a group of 22 students, aged 15/16 years old, when facing a statistical modelling activity. They were given the salary lists of 5 companies and were asked what could be said about their salary structure; no hint was given. The results show that students not only used a wide range of data concepts and procedures but also developed their own criteria to measure dispersion.