Confidence trick: the interpretation of confidence intervals

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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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Main Author:	Foster, Colin
Format:	Article
Published:	Routledge 2014
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27858/

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