At 02:36 PM 10/7/03 -0400, Rich Einsporn wrote:...
Greetings,
I 'm hoping someone has a link to a test that would be given to incoming college students to measure their level of readiness for a typical stats course.
but, isn't general math ... what you really need? maybe using a calculator ... simple algebra ... knowing how to solve simple equations ... basic operations like (yes ... it IS basic) adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, taking roots ... etc.
That's certainly a chunk of it. Basic probability reasoning, without the math, is also probably a good thing. Haven't got a test to give you, but I would include questions like "A 'fair' coin is one that has a 50/50 chance of landing heads or tails. A fair coin is tossed three times, each time landing heads. What is the chance the next toss will be heads?"
Jaeger a few such questions, and is a great reference for describing (as opposed to calculating) statistics (almost 400 pages, and not a single equation!)
@book{Jaeger1990,
author = "Jaeger, Richard M.",
title = "Statistics: A Spectator Sport",
publisher = "Sage Publications",
year = 1990,
edition = "Second",
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