PROCEEDINGS OF THE 20TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2017
San Diego, California
Students’ understanding of test statistics in hypothesis testing
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Hypothesis testing is a key concept included in many introductory statistics courses. Due tocommon misunderstandings of both scientists and students, the use of hypothesis testing tointerpret experimental data has received criticism. This paper describes preliminary resultsobtained from a larger study designed to investigate introductory statistics students