DEVELOPING AN INTUITIVE AND PROBABILISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF Α=0.05 AND Α=0.01 STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS

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  • Mehmet Türegün Barry University Adrian Dominican School of Education

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14210/contrapontos.v16n3.p534-540

Keywords:

Teaching statistics, Modeling statistical significance, Evidence provided by data

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to describe a modeling approach to help students develop a conceptual understanding of statistical significance levels, through discovery based on their own observations as they play the role of data detectives. I wish I could claim this clever idea as my own original thought, but in fact, Eckert (1994) outlined a similar activity. A few years later, Roxy Peck demonstrated a slightly different version of this activity in an Advanced Placement Statistics meeting. I have been using various versions of this modeling approach over the years, in my various statistics and quantitative inquiry courses at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Author Biography

Mehmet Türegün, Barry University Adrian Dominican School of Education

Degree: Ph.D. degree from The University of Oklahoma, in Norman, Oklahoma U.S. in May 2011.

 

Program Area: Mathematics Education

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Published

2016-09-30

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 3 (2016)

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