Characterization of the Meaning of the Correlation and Regression in Students of Secondary Education)

In this paper the meaning that the students of SecondaryEducation (17 years of age) attach to the correlation and regression afterhaving received instruction on this topic, is characterized. The paper beginswith a revision of related literature, them the theoretical framework, the sampleand the ques...

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Autor: Castro, Antonio Estepa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositorio:Zetetiké (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8647028
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/zetetike/article/view/8647028
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Statistical education
Bidimensional distributions
Elements of meaning
Covariance
Correlation
Regression
Educación estadística
Elementos de significado
Distribuciones bidimensionales
Covarianza
Correlación y regresión
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Sumario:In this paper the meaning that the students of SecondaryEducation (17 years of age) attach to the correlation and regression afterhaving received instruction on this topic, is characterized. The paper beginswith a revision of related literature, them the theoretical framework, the sampleand the questionnaire are described. The questionnaire contains 12 itemsshowing representative elements of meaning on bidimensional distributions,correlation, covariance and regression. The difficulties and the correct anderroneous answers of the students are analyzed and discussed, some of them are related to referred literature. We finalize with a summary and theconclusions of the findings, useful results to plan teaching and to begin withother research.