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(2014) Probabilistic thinking, Dordrecht, Springer.
Researching conditional probability problem solving
pp. 613-639
The chapter is organized into two parts. In the first one, the main protagonist is the conditional probability problem. We show a theoretical study about conditional probability problems, identifying a particular family of problems we call ternary problems of conditional probability. We define the notions of Level, Category and Type of a problem in order to classify them into sub-families and in order to study them better. We also offer a tool we call trinomial graph that functions as a generative model for this family of problems. We show the syntax of the model that allows researchers and teachers to translate a problem in terms of the trinomial graphs language, and the consequences of this translation.In the second part, there are two main related protagonists: ternary problems of conditional probability and students solving them. Thus, the students' probabilistic thinking is observed in a broader problem-solving context, in relation to the task variables of problems: structure, context and data format variables. We report some of the results of our investigation into students' behaviours, showing how these depend in any manner on those task variables.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7155-0_33
Full citation:
(2014)., Researching conditional probability problem solving, in E. J. Chernoff & B. Sriraman (eds.), Probabilistic thinking, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 613-639.
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