Chinese Journal of Science Education


Vol. 8 No. 2, Pages 199 - 213, 2000

The Conception on Statistical Objects (Article written in chinese)

Kuo-Liang SU

Abstract

This article concerned with four aspects of statistical objects: (1) the content of statistical objects; (2) the particular content of statistical objects; (3) the particular height of statistical objects; (4) the conceptual foundations object s. The abstractions of this 4 aspects are concerned to the content, formal symbols, meanings, and references.

In addition, they are also related to the development of understanding during instruction. The study of conceptions of statistical objects can offer not only knowledge about statistical objects, but also that a distribution is the ideal basic element or u nit. This results not only reflect the objectives of statistics and the meanings of statistical forms, but can provide statistical researchers direction for future research. The results also have strong implications for statistics instruction. The purpose of statistics instruction is not only in transferring methods and skills to students, but also to transfer statistical knowledge about the nature of distributions to students.

Keywords: statistical object; statistical structure; holistic knowing; statistical isomorphism; ideal element

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