A Model of Scientific Data Reasoning

• Published in: Education sciences Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 71 - 89
• Main Authors: Masnick, Amy M., Morris, Bradley J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Beliefs; Bias; Cognition & reasoning; cognitive development; Cognitive Processes; Cognitive Psychology; Data analysis; Data Interpretation; data reasoning; Definitions; Evidence; Grain size; Heuristics; Hypotheses; Hypothesis Testing; Inferences; Information Seeking; Knowledge; Metacognition; number sense; Number systems; numerical cognition; Personality Traits; Probability; Researchers; Science education; Science Instruction; Science Process Skills; Scientific Methodology; Scientific Principles; scientific reasoning; Skills; statistics education; Teaching; Thinking Skills; Trends

Data reasoning is an essential component of scientific reasoning, as a component of evidence evaluation. In this paper, we outline a model of scientific data reasoning that describes how data sensemaking underlies data reasoning. Data sensemaking, a relatively automatic process rooted in perceptual...