Confidence trick: the interpretation of confidence intervals
The frequent misinterpretation of the nature of confidence intervals by students has been well documented. This article examines the problem as an aspect of the learning of mathematical definitions and considers the tension between parroting mathematically rigorous, but essentially uninternalized, s...
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Routledge
2014
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27858/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27858/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27858/ http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27858/1/Foster%2C%20Canadian%20Journal%20of%20Science%2C%20Mathematics%20and%20Technology%20Education%2C%20Confidence%20trick%20-%20The%20interpretation%20of%20confidence%20intervals.pdf |
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http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27858/1/Foster%2C%20Canadian%20Journal%20of%20Science%2C%20Mathematics%20and%20Technology%20Education%2C%20Confidence%20trick%20-%20The%20interpretation%20of%20confidence%20intervals.pdf