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100 GARFIELD AND CHANCE (2997 provided asummary ofcureatly aceptedlezming gous for students leam- ing statistics across most grade levels. These gous incind: 1. Understand the purpose and logic of statistical investigations: Students should understand why statistical investigations are conducted 2: well a the big ‘deacthatuadeviecntistcalinquisiec. These dass inclada the omnipresent matre ‘of varston and the use of mamerical summaries and viewal splays of dita, Sti- ‘dentsalsonced toundestand tenance of-ampliag: why westudy samples instead ‘of populations, how we make inferences from samples to populations, andwhy de- ‘signed experiment: areneeded to extablish caus:tion 72. Underctand the proces: of taistical mvecizatons: Stdents should under ‘stand the nature of, and processes involved in, a statistical investzation and the ‘considerations affecting the design of dats collasion plz. They chould be fal iar with all specific phases of a statistical inqury, which inchade formating 2 ‘queston, phuning « study, collecting, organizing, analysing and displaying data, interpreting and presenting findings, and Gccussing conclusions 2nd implications ‘of the otudy. They should recomnize how, when, snd why existing inferential tocle, ‘cam be used to aid an investientive process. As Batanero (2000/this issue) arzues, ‘tudeat: (aud practitioners) often fit fully understand the logic of statistical i ‘ference or fs sole in exparimental ecesrch. '3. Learn starzticl kill: Sradents need to lsum important chile that may be ‘used inthe process of a statisteal investigation. These kis include being ableto ‘organize data, compute summary measures, and constuct 2nd display tables and

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