Measuring students’ understanding of statistical concepts using Rasch Measurement

This study investigates students’ conceptual knowledge and understanding of basic statistical concepts and compares it against statistical competence, which is associated with discrete statistical knowledge and basic interpretive skills. It particularly examines the correspondence between students’...

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Main Authors:	Abu Kassim , Noor Lide, Ismail, Nor-Zatul Iffa, Mahmud, Zamalia, Zainol, Mohammad Said
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Language:	English
Published:	International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Press (IACSIT) 2010
Subjects:	LB2300 Higher Education
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spelling	iium-141122012-02-13T07:25:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/14112/ Measuring students’ understanding of statistical concepts using Rasch Measurement Abu Kassim , Noor Lide Ismail, Nor-Zatul Iffa Mahmud, Zamalia Zainol, Mohammad Said LB2300 Higher Education This study investigates students’ conceptual knowledge and understanding of basic statistical concepts and compares it against statistical competence, which is associated with discrete statistical knowledge and basic interpretive skills. It particularly examines the correspondence between students’ perceived ability and their empirical understanding of the concepts. Two instruments were developed: a 20-item test to measure students’ empirical understanding of the basic statistical concepts and a questionnaire with matching items to measure their perceived ability of these concepts. For a direct comparison of the two, students’ responses to the test and questionnaire items were jointly analyzed using the Rasch measurement model. Results of the analysis show that conceptual understanding of basic statistical concepts is more difficult to attain than statistical competence. The results also suggest that students more often than not overestimated their understanding of basic statistical concepts, particularly those requiring conceptual understanding of the concepts. International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Press (IACSIT) 2010-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/14112/1/3-S020%20P.pdf Abu Kassim , Noor Lide and Ismail, Nor-Zatul Iffa and Mahmud, Zamalia and Zainol, Mohammad Said (2010) Measuring students’ understanding of statistical concepts using Rasch Measurement. International Journal of Innovation Management and Technology (IJIMT), 1 (1). pp. 13-19. ISSN 2010-0248 http://www.ijimt.org
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spellingShingle	LB2300 Higher Education Abu Kassim , Noor Lide Ismail, Nor-Zatul Iffa Mahmud, Zamalia Zainol, Mohammad Said Measuring students’ understanding of statistical concepts using Rasch Measurement
description	This study investigates students’ conceptual knowledge and understanding of basic statistical concepts and compares it against statistical competence, which is associated with discrete statistical knowledge and basic interpretive skills. It particularly examines the correspondence between students’ perceived ability and their empirical understanding of the concepts. Two instruments were developed: a 20-item test to measure students’ empirical understanding of the basic statistical concepts and a questionnaire with matching items to measure their perceived ability of these concepts. For a direct comparison of the two, students’ responses to the test and questionnaire items were jointly analyzed using the Rasch measurement model. Results of the analysis show that conceptual understanding of basic statistical concepts is more difficult to attain than statistical competence. The results also suggest that students more often than not overestimated their understanding of basic statistical concepts, particularly those requiring conceptual understanding of the concepts.
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author	Abu Kassim , Noor Lide Ismail, Nor-Zatul Iffa Mahmud, Zamalia Zainol, Mohammad Said
author_facet	Abu Kassim , Noor Lide Ismail, Nor-Zatul Iffa Mahmud, Zamalia Zainol, Mohammad Said
author_sort	Abu Kassim , Noor Lide
title	Measuring students’ understanding of statistical concepts using Rasch Measurement
title_short	Measuring students’ understanding of statistical concepts using Rasch Measurement
title_full	Measuring students’ understanding of statistical concepts using Rasch Measurement
title_fullStr	Measuring students’ understanding of statistical concepts using Rasch Measurement
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring students’ understanding of statistical concepts using Rasch Measurement
title_sort	measuring students’ understanding of statistical concepts using rasch measurement
publisher	International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology Press (IACSIT)
publishDate	2010
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/14112/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/14112/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/14112/1/3-S020%20P.pdf
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Measuring students’ understanding of statistical concepts using Rasch Measurement

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