Ana Elisa Castro Sotos|Stijn Vanhoof|Wim Van den Noortgate|Patrick Onghena
How Confident are Students in their Misconceptions about Hypothesis Tests?
KU Leuven|KU Leuven|KU Leuven|KU Leuven
researchers teachers statistics made considerable efforts last decades reconceptualize statistics courses accordance general reform movement mathematics education however students still hold misconceptions statistical inference even following reformed course study presented paper addresses need investigate misconceptions hypothesis tests 1 documenting misconceptions common among university students introductory courses statistics 2 concentrating aspect research misconceptions yet received much attention thus far namely confidence students misconceptions data 144 college students collected means questionnaire addressing common misconceptions found literature definitions hypothesis test pvalue significance level questionnaire students asked select level confidence responses 0 10 item considerable number participants seemed hold misconceptions lower levels conceptspecific selfperceived efficacy found related misconceptions correct answers average students selected significantly lower levels confidence question addressing definition significance level two items suggestions research practice emerge study proposed