Students’ Ability of Statistical Reasoning in Descriptive Statistics Problem Solving

Nila Kesumawati

2018

Abstract

The problem of this research was some students unable to interpret the results of calculations in solving the problem of descriptive statistics associated with the statistical reasoning. Students were able to solve the problem procedurally only without understanding the meaning of the calculated results. Students knew the concept, but they could not identify the use of the concept. This descriptive quantitative and qualitative research aimed at describing the students' statistical reasoning ability in solving the problem of descriptive statistics. The subjects of this research were 134 students of mathematics education and sports education, University of PGRI Palembang. They were chosen using purposive sampling because they enrolled in Basic Statistics Course. Reasoning test and interview was used to collect the data. The results stated that students' statistical reasoning ability is in the multi-structural level category. This can be known from the ability of statistical reasoning based on the measurement of Reading and Reid. In Prestructural Level there were 2 students who have no clear conceptual foundation; and in the Unistructural Level there were 25 students focusing on one concept of statistics; at multi-structural level there were 104 students who focus on more than one statistical concept; and at Relational Level there were 3 students who develop relationships with various other statistics concept.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kesumawati N. (2018). Students’ Ability of Statistical Reasoning in Descriptive Statistics Problem Solving.In Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Islam - Volume 1: ICMIs, ISBN 978-989-758-407-7, pages 530-536. DOI: 10.5220/0008524905300536

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icmis18,
author={Nila Kesumawati},
title={Students’ Ability of Statistical Reasoning in Descriptive Statistics Problem Solving},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Islam - Volume 1: ICMIs,},
year={2018},
pages={530-536},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008524905300536},
isbn={978-989-758-407-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Islam - Volume 1: ICMIs,
TI - Students’ Ability of Statistical Reasoning in Descriptive Statistics Problem Solving
SN - 978-989-758-407-7
AU - Kesumawati N.
PY - 2018
SP - 530
EP - 536
DO - 10.5220/0008524905300536