Lexical ambiguities in statistics education

Last updated on Oct 1, 2021

Many words used in statistics also have different meanings in other contexts, especially everyday life. How do students in a high school statistics course understand some of these terms?

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Douglas Whitaker
Douglas Whitaker
Associate Professor of Statistics

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Lexical ambiguities in the vocabulary of statistics
Lexical ambiguities exist when two different meanings are ascribed to the same word. Such lexical ambiguities can be particularly …
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Lexical ambiguities in the vocabulary of statistics

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Investigation of AP Statistics Students’ Understanding of Technical Terminology with Possible Lexical Ambiguities

INTRODUCTION: Language matters. While many issues regarding language may be regarded as “mere semantics” in daily life, attention to …
Jul 15, 2014 — Flagstaff, Arizona (ICOTS 9)
Douglas Whitaker, Steven Foti, Tim Jacobbe
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Investigation of AP Statistics Students’ Understanding of Technical Terminology with Possible Lexical Ambiguities
Worlds collide: The vocabulary of AP Statistics students
Apr 23, 2014 — Gainesville, Florida (SAGE Research Symposium 2014)
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Worlds collide: The vocabulary of AP Statistics students