February 2009, Vol. 14, Issue 6
It’s a Fird! Can You Compute a Median of Categorical Data?
Aisling Leavy, Susan Friel, James Mamer
Students
need time and experience to develop essential understandings when they explore
data analysis. In this article, the reader gains insight into confusion that
may result as students think about summarizing information about a categorical
data set that is attempting to use, in particular, the median. The authors
highlight points to consider in helping students unpack these essential
understandings.
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