Jane Watson|Lyn D. English
Introducing the practice of statistics: are we environmentally friendly?
University of Tasmania|Queensland University of Technology
practice statistics focus world professional statisticians live understand meaningfully practice students need engage acknowledging limitations genuine classroom setting study attempted expose four classes year 5 students n 91 authentic experience practice statistics setting overall context peoples habits considered environmentally friendly students sampled class set criteria environmentally friendly based questions australian bureau statistics censusatschool site analysed data made decisions acknowledging degree certainty three populations based criteria class year 5 students school year 5 students australia next step collect random sample size class australian bureau statistics population analyse make decision australian year 5 students end suggested research might analysis students responses gives insight primary students capacity appreciate understand decisionmaking participate practice statistics topic received little attention literature based total possible score 23 student workbook entries 80 students achieved least score 11