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MASDER: Developing a instruments to measure attitudes in statistics and data science

The Motivational Attitudes in Statistics and Data Science Education Research (MASDER) research group is developing a family of instruments to measure student and instructor attitudes and characteristics of learning environments for statistics and data science courses. This work is funded by the National Science Foundation (DUE-2013392).

MASDER: Developing a instruments to measure attitudes in statistics and data science

ESG-type items in statistics education

Evaluative Space Grid (ESG) items may provide for a more nuanced understanding of neutral attitudes. This work is in its early stages and is supported by an internal New Scholars Grant from Mount Saint Vincent University.

ESG-type items in statistics education

LOCUS assessments

The Levels of Conceptual Understanding in Statistics (LOCUS) project developed a family of tests for measuring statistics knowledge that are freely available online. The aim of the LOCUS project (PI: Tim Jacobbe) was to develop statistics tests that measured conceptual—rather than procedural—knowledge. I joined this project as a graduate student and have continued to use these assessments and document their validity evidence for use with different populations.

LOCUS assessments

Activities for teaching statistics

I develop and share activities and lesson plans for teaching statistics topics.

Activities for teaching statistics

Validity Evidence for Measurement in Mathematics Education

I have been a member of a large team that is documenting validity evidence for instruments and tests used in mathematics and statistics education.

Validity Evidence for Measurement in Mathematics Education

Evaluating a placement test

A university department needs a new statistics placement test. This project is evaluating the current mathematics placement test, documenting validity evidence supporting its use, and determining what modifications would be necessary for it to serve as a suitable placement test for statistics.

Evaluating a placement test

Lexical ambiguities in statistics education

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?

Lexical ambiguities in statistics education

Identities and beliefs of exemplary statistics teachers

Statistics teachers at the school level face many challenges, especially considering that most are trained in teaching mathematics. How did exemplary statistics teachers overcome such challenges?

Identities and beliefs of exemplary statistics teachers

Moving Forward to Using the MASDER Team’s Instruments

Learn about the family of instruments created by the MASDER team (Motivational Attitudes toward Statistics and Data Science Education …

Jun 11, 2024 — Virtual (eCOTS 2024)

Marjorie Bond, Leyla Batakci, Alana Unfried, Michael A. Posner, Douglas Whitaker, April Kerby-Helm

Moving Forward to Using the MASDER Team’s Instruments

Measuring Student Attitudes Toward Statistics using S-SOMAS: National Data and Individualized Report

We will share for the first time pre- and post- data on students' attitudes toward statistics from the new S-SOMAS instrument. At this …

Aug 6, 2023 — Toronto, Ontario (JSM 2023)

Michael Posner, April Kerby-Helm, Alana Unfried, Douglas Whitaker, Marjorie Bond, Leyla Batakci

Measuring Student Attitudes Toward Statistics using S-SOMAS: National Data and Individualized Report