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Interpreting association from graphical displays
Research that has explored students' interpretations of graphical representations has not extended to include how students apply understanding of particular statistical concepts related to one graphical representation to interpret different representations. This paper reports on the way in which students' understanding of covariation, evidenced through their interpretation of scatterplots, was applied to the interpretation of split stacked dot plots. The outcomes of the study suggest that incomplete understanding of the characteristics of a graph and the data displayed can lead to students applying knowledge of statistical concepts relevant to one graph type to misinterpret a different graph type.
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Publication title
Opening Up Mathematics Education: Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of AustralasiaEditors
B White, M Chinnappan, S TrenholmPagination
220-227ISBN
978-1-920846-29-9Department/School
Faculty of EducationPublisher
The Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Inc.Place of publication
AustraliaEvent title
39th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA 39)Event Venue
Adelaide, AustraliaDate of Event (Start Date)
2016-07-03Date of Event (End Date)
2016-07-07Rights statement
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