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dc.contributor.author | Makwakwa, Eva G.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Mogari, David![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Ogbonnaya, Ugorji Iheanachor![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-23T12:43:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-02-23T12:43:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study investigated first-year undergraduate statistics students’ statistical problem-solving skills on the probability of the union of two events, conditional probability, binomial probability distribution, probabilities for x-limits using the z-distribution, x-limit associated with a given probability for a normal distribution, estimating the y-value using a regression equation, and hypothesis testing for a single population mean when a population standard deviation is unknown. The study was a descriptive case study and employed a mixed-method research approach. Data were collected through content analysis of a statistics course examination script of 120 first-year undergraduate students of statistics in an open distance-learning university in South Africa. Polya's Model of Problem Solving was used as the framework of analysis. The study revealed that the students, in general, had poor statistical problem-solving skills. | en_US |
dc.description.department | Science, Mathematics and Technology Education | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | hj2024 | en_US |
dc.description.sdg | SDG-04:Quality Education | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/test | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Makwakwa, E.G., Mogari, D. & Ogbonnaya, U.I., First-year undergraduate students’ statistical problem-solving skills, Teaching Statistics 46 (2024), 8–23. DOI: 10.1111/test.12359. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0141-982X (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1467-9639 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1111/test.12359 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94915 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2023 The Authors. Teaching Statistics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Teaching Statistics Trust. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License. | en_US |
dc.subject | Binomial probability distribution | en_US |
dc.subject | Conditional probability | en_US |
dc.subject | Hypothesis testing | en_US |
dc.subject | Normal distribution | en_US |
dc.subject | Problem-solving skills | en_US |
dc.subject | Teaching statistics | en_US |
dc.subject | SDG-04: Quality education | en_US |
dc.title | First-year undergraduate students' statistical problem-solving skills | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |