Uncommon knowledge of a common phenomenon: intuitions and statistical thinking about gender birth ratio
The phenomenon of birth of a baby is a common and familiar one, and yet college students participating in a general biology class did not possess the expected common knowledge of the equal probability of gender births. We found that these students held strikingly skewed conceptions regarding gender...
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Published in | International journal of mathematical education in science and technology Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 59 - 69 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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London
Taylor & Francis Group
01.01.2013
Taylor & Francis Ltd |
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