Marjorie Bond|Susan N. Perkins|Caroline Ramirez
STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF STATISTICS: AN EXPLORATION OF ATTITUDES, CONCEPTUALIZATIONS, AND CONTENT KNOWLEDGE OF STATISTICS
Monmouth College|Northwest Nazarene University
although statistics education research focused students learning conceptual understanding statistics researchers recently begun investigating students perceptions statistics term perception describes overlap cognitive noncognitive factors mixedmethods study undergraduate students provided perceptions statistics completed survey students attitudes toward statistics36 sats36 qualitative data suggest students basic knowledge word statistics meant varying depths understanding conceptualization statistics quantitative analysis also examined relationship students perceptions statistics attitudes toward statistics found significant difference mean pre postsats scores across conceptualization content knowledge categories implications findings education research discussedx0d first published november 2012 statistics education research journal archives