The importance of analog knowledge in understanding the mean.

The mean is a commonly employed descriptor of a set of numbers, and forms the basis for several related statistics. Evidence indicates many undergraduates do not possess a relational understanding of the mean concept (Pollatsek, Lima, and Well, 1981). Pollatsek et.al.(1981) postulated three types of...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hardiman, Pamela Thibodeau
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1983
Subjects:
Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/2273
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3409&context=theses