First-year undergraduate students' statistical problem-solving skills

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dc.contributor.author Makwakwa, Eva G.
dc.contributor.author Mogari, David
dc.contributor.author Ogbonnaya, Ugorji Iheanachor
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


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