LOCUS

Examining the use of the LOCUS assessment with undergraduate students
The LOCUS (Levels of Conceptual Understanding in Statistics) assessments are designed to measure conceptual understanding of statistics …
Jul 1, 2021 — Virtual (USCOTS 2021)
Nathan Hebert, Douglas Whitaker
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Examining the use of the LOCUS assessment with undergraduate students
Students' Understanding of Bar Graphs and Histograms: Results From the LOCUS Assessments
Bar graphs and histograms are core statistical tools that are widely used in statistical practice and commonly taught in classrooms. …
Douglas Whitaker, Tim Jacobbe
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Students' Understanding of Bar Graphs and Histograms: Results From the LOCUS Assessments
Students’ understanding of histograms and bar graphs: results from the LOCUS assessments
Histograms and bar graphs are standard data displays, and fluency with their use is a requisite for understanding many important …
Jun 16, 2015 — Halifax, Nova Scotia (SSC 2015)
Douglas Whitaker
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Students’ understanding of histograms and bar graphs: results from the LOCUS assessments
Middle school (ages 10 – 13) students’ understanding of statistics
This paper will present results from the administration of the LOCUS assessments to measure students’ statistical …
Tim Jacobbe, Steven Foti, Douglas Whitaker
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Middle school (ages 10 – 13) students’ understanding of statistics
The LOCUS assessment at the college level: Conceptual understanding in introductory statistics
LOCUS is a collection of assessments designed to measure conceptual understanding of statistics at the levels hypothesized by the …
Tim Jacobbe, Douglas Whitaker, Catherine Case, Steven Foti
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The LOCUS assessment at the college level: Conceptual understanding in introductory statistics
High school (ages 14 – 18) students’ understanding of statistics
This paper will present results from the administration of the LOCUS assessments to measure students’ statistical …
TimJacobbe, Steven Foti, Catherine Case, Douglas Whitaker
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High school (ages 14 – 18) students’ understanding of statistics
Establishing the validity of the LOCUS assessments through an evidenced-centered design approach
This paper presents the systematic process utilized by the Levels of Conceptual Understanding in Statistics (LOCUS) …
Tim Jacobbe, Catherine Case, Douglas Whitaker, Steven Foti
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Establishing the validity of the LOCUS assessments through an evidenced-centered design approach
Lessons from the LOCUS assessments (part 1): Comparing groups
Douglas Whitaker, Tim Jacobbe
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Lessons from the LOCUS assessments (part 1): Comparing groups
LOCUS pilot study and preliminary findings
The initial pilot forms of the LOCUS assessments were administered to middle school and high school students in spring 2013. A …
Aug 7, 2013 — Montréal, Québec (JSM 2013)
Douglas Whitaker, Catherine Case
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LOCUS pilot study and preliminary findings
The evolution of items from the LOCUS assessment
The goal for this project is to show the evolution of several items from the Levels of Conceptual Understanding in Statistics (LOCUS) …
Apr 18, 2013 — Gainesville, Florida (SAGE Research Symposium 2013)
Douglas Whitaker
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The evolution of items from the LOCUS assessment