Statistical Inference in School Textbooks. An Approach to Statistical Thinking

 

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Autores: Rodríguez-Alveal, Francisco Enrique, Aguerrea, Maitere
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2024
Descripción:[Objective] The main purpose of this study was to analyze the activities related to statistical inference present in secondary education textbooks in Chile, and their relationship to the development of statistical thinking. [Methodology] For the purposes of the study, a qualitative approach was used through a content analysis of the secondary education books disseminated free of charge by the Chilean Ministry of Education during the years 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022, which were selected using intentional non-probabilistic sampling. [Results] Among the main results obtained, it was found that most of the activities related to statistical inference in the textbooks analyzed had to do with procedures related to the calculation of confidence intervals, without addressing their interpretation in the context of the problem. In addition, it was observed that there were few activities related to informal inference. Likewise, the activities and questions presented in the textbooks do not refer to the formulation of hypotheses or conjectures about the sample data made to guide the formulation of conclusions related to statistical inference. [Conclusions] The findings indicate that despite the fact that confidence intervals are among the topics related to statistical inference in the textbooks, these textbooks are not focused on decision-making at the population level, but rather on description.
País:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/19135
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/uniciencia/article/view/19135
Palabra clave:Inferencia estadística
intervalos de confianza
libros de texto
pensamiento estadístico
profesores en formación
Confidence intervals
statistical inference
statistical thinking
textbooks
prospective teachers