Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach

This study investigates students’ conceptual knowledge and understanding of basic statistical concepts and compares it against statistical competence, which is associated with discrete statistical knowledge and basic interpretive skills. It also examines the correspondence between students’ percei...

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Main Authors:	Abu Kassim , Noor Lide, Ismail, Nor Zatul-Iffa, Mahmud, Zamalia, Zainol, Mohammad Said
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/22665/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/22665/1/Empirical_Understanding_of_and_Perceived_Ability_in_Statistical.pdf

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spelling	iium-226652012-03-20T01:47:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/22665/ Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach Abu Kassim , Noor Lide Ismail, Nor Zatul-Iffa Mahmud, Zamalia Zainol, Mohammad Said L Education (General) This study investigates students’ conceptual knowledge and understanding of basic statistical concepts and compares it against statistical competence, which is associated with discrete statistical knowledge and basic interpretive skills. It also examines the correspondence between students’ perceived ability and their empirical understanding of the concepts. Two instruments were developed: a 20-item test to measure students’ empirical understanding of the basic statistical concepts and a questionnaire with matching items to measure their perceived ability of these concepts. For a direct comparison of the two, students’ responses to the test and questionnaire items were jointly analyzed using Rasch analysis. Results of the analyses conducted indicate that conceptual understanding of basic statistical concepts is more difficult to attain that statistical competence. The results also suggest that students more often than not overestimated their understanding of basic statistical concepts, particular those requiring conceptual understanding of the concepts. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/22665/1/Empirical_Understanding_of_and_Perceived_Ability_in_Statistical.pdf Abu Kassim , Noor Lide and Ismail, Nor Zatul-Iffa and Mahmud, Zamalia and Zainol, Mohammad Said (2010) Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010), 26 - 27 January 2010, Kuala Lumpur.
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spellingShingle	L Education (General) Abu Kassim , Noor Lide Ismail, Nor Zatul-Iffa Mahmud, Zamalia Zainol, Mohammad Said Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach
description	This study investigates students’ conceptual knowledge and understanding of basic statistical concepts and compares it against statistical competence, which is associated with discrete statistical knowledge and basic interpretive skills. It also examines the correspondence between students’ perceived ability and their empirical understanding of the concepts. Two instruments were developed: a 20-item test to measure students’ empirical understanding of the basic statistical concepts and a questionnaire with matching items to measure their perceived ability of these concepts. For a direct comparison of the two, students’ responses to the test and questionnaire items were jointly analyzed using Rasch analysis. Results of the analyses conducted indicate that conceptual understanding of basic statistical concepts is more difficult to attain that statistical competence. The results also suggest that students more often than not overestimated their understanding of basic statistical concepts, particular those requiring conceptual understanding of the concepts.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abu Kassim , Noor Lide Ismail, Nor Zatul-Iffa Mahmud, Zamalia Zainol, Mohammad Said
author_facet	Abu Kassim , Noor Lide Ismail, Nor Zatul-Iffa Mahmud, Zamalia Zainol, Mohammad Said
author_sort	Abu Kassim , Noor Lide
title	Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach
title_short	Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach
title_full	Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach
title_fullStr	Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach
title_full_unstemmed	Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach
title_sort	empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a rasch measurement approach
publishDate	2010
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/22665/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/22665/1/Empirical_Understanding_of_and_Perceived_Ability_in_Statistical.pdf
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Empirical understanding of and perceived ability in statistical concepts: a Rasch measurement approach

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