Profile of Students' Statistical Reasoning Capabilities in Introductory Social Statistics Courses

Abstract

Statistical Reasoning is the ability to understand information in daily life based on statistical data. This study aims to determine the ability of student statistical reasoning based on 5 levels of statistical reasoning models. The research subjects are two classes of first semester students majoring in Communication Sciences. The data collected is in the form of statistical reasoning test result. The data are categorized into five namely Level 1 (Idiosyncratic reasoning), level 2 (Verbal reasoning), level 3 (Transitional reasoning), level 4 (Procedural reasoning) and level 5 (Integrated process reasoning). Next, look at the percentage of student statistical reasoning included in the level 1, level 2, level 3, level 4 and level 5 categories. The results of data analysis showed that students level 3 with statistical reasoning were far more numerous than students' statistical reasoning abilities categorized as than on the other.