Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach
This study investigates students’ conceptual knowledge and understanding of basic statistical concepts and compares it against statistical competence, which is associated with discrete statistical knowledge and basic interpretive skills. It also examines the correspondence between students’ percei...
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| author | Abu Kassim , Noor Lide Ismail, Nor Zatul-Iffa Mahmud, Zamalia Zainol, Mohammad Said |
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| description | This study investigates students’ conceptual knowledge and understanding of basic statistical concepts
and compares it against statistical competence, which is associated with discrete statistical knowledge and
basic interpretive skills. It also examines the correspondence between students’ perceived ability and their
empirical understanding of the concepts. Two instruments were developed: a 20-item test to measure
students’ empirical understanding of the basic statistical concepts and a questionnaire with matching
items to measure their perceived ability of these concepts. For a direct comparison of the two, students’
responses to the test and questionnaire items were jointly analyzed using Rasch analysis. Results of the
analyses conducted indicate that conceptual understanding of basic statistical concepts is more difficult to
attain that statistical competence. The results also suggest that students more often than not overestimated
their understanding of basic statistical concepts, particular those requiring conceptual understanding of the
concepts. |
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| spelling | iium-226652012-03-20T01:47:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/22665/ Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach Abu Kassim , Noor Lide Ismail, Nor Zatul-Iffa Mahmud, Zamalia Zainol, Mohammad Said L Education (General) This study investigates students’ conceptual knowledge and understanding of basic statistical concepts and compares it against statistical competence, which is associated with discrete statistical knowledge and basic interpretive skills. It also examines the correspondence between students’ perceived ability and their empirical understanding of the concepts. Two instruments were developed: a 20-item test to measure students’ empirical understanding of the basic statistical concepts and a questionnaire with matching items to measure their perceived ability of these concepts. For a direct comparison of the two, students’ responses to the test and questionnaire items were jointly analyzed using Rasch analysis. Results of the analyses conducted indicate that conceptual understanding of basic statistical concepts is more difficult to attain that statistical competence. The results also suggest that students more often than not overestimated their understanding of basic statistical concepts, particular those requiring conceptual understanding of the concepts. 2010 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/22665/1/Empirical_Understanding_of_and_Perceived_Ability_in_Statistical.pdf Abu Kassim , Noor Lide and Ismail, Nor Zatul-Iffa and Mahmud, Zamalia and Zainol, Mohammad Said (2010) Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010), 26 - 27 January 2010, Kuala Lumpur. |
| spellingShingle | L Education (General) Abu Kassim , Noor Lide Ismail, Nor Zatul-Iffa Mahmud, Zamalia Zainol, Mohammad Said Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach |
| title | Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach |
| title_full | Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach |
| title_fullStr | Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach |
| title_short | Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach |
| title_sort | empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a rasch measurement approach |
| topic | L Education (General) |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/22665/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/22665/1/Empirical_Understanding_of_and_Perceived_Ability_in_Statistical.pdf |