RUME 27
2025
Alexandria, Virginia
Undergraduate Students' Statistical Literacy in Media Contexts
Page: 109
As the uses of data in society continue to expand, it is vital to prepare students to engage with data in meaningful and critical ways. This study used a course-wide assessment in an introductory statistics course to explore undergraduate students’ statistical literacy in media contexts based on Watson and Callingham’s (2003) six-level construct. Statistical analysis found student performance on non-media tasks had limited association with performance on media- based tasks. Students demonstrated higher levels of statistical literacy when provided with specific prompts. Findings suggest the need to develop students’ propensity for critical questioning when engaging with statistics outside classroom settings through intentional incorporation and discussion of media items in introductory statistics courses.