The effects and side-effects of statistics education: Psychology students’ (mis-)conceptions of probability

Contemporary Educational Psychology - Tập 34 Số 3 - Trang 210-220 - 2009
Kinga Morsanyi1, Caterina Primi2, Francesca Chiesi2, Simon J. Handley1
1School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon PL4 8AA, UK
2University of Florence, Department of Psychology, Via di San Salvi, 12-50135 Firenze, Italy

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