Jacqueline Wroughton|Herle M. McGowan|Leigh V. Weiss|Tara Cope
EXPLORING THE ROLE OF CONTEXT IN STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF SAMPLING
Northern Kentucky University|North Carolina State University|Capital University|SUNY Adirondack|State University of New York
context provides meaning data analysis evaluation evidence may distracting students research explores role context students reasoning sampling specifically relationship strength students opinions topic provides context study ability judge quality sampling method scope conclusions study data collected four diverse institutions testing environment individual interviews student responses analyzed using grounded theory approach testing environment results showed little evidence use context whereas interview results showed evidence reliance contextbased opinions rather statistical principles x0d first published november 2013 statistics education research journal archives