Stephanie Budgett|Malia Puloka
Making sense of categorical data – question confusion
University of Auckland|University of Auckland
students encounter categorical data lessons often focus computing probabilities two way tables computations may involve simple joint conditional probabilities calculation relative risk however little attention given questions posed purpose paper explore questions undergraduate students pose categorical data reasoning variety representations categorical data results small pilot study suggest questions posed involved making comparisons students often confused whether compare proportions conditions compare proportions within condition