Sally Hobden
WHEN STATISTICAL LITERACY REALLY MATTERS: UNDERSTANDING PUBLISHED INFORMATION ABOUT THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC IN SOUTH AFRICA
University of KwaZulu-Natal
information hivaids epidemic southern africa often interpreted veil secrecy shame argue flawed understanding basic statistics research determined levels statistical literacy evident 316 future mathematical literacy teachers explanations median context hivaids survival times drawing threetiered statistical literacy hierarchy proposed watson 1998 2006 solo taxonomy biggs amp collis 1982 categorisation framework constructed half teachers classified level basic understanding median misunderstandings included confusion median survival time maximum survival time failure consider spread data along centre x0d first published november 2014 statistics education research journal archives