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ABSTRACT:

Purposes of the study <ul> <li>Assessing the extent to which the students in a lower division class (statistics 10) are expected to engage in recall of statistical information, comprehension & interpretation of statistical information, and application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of statistical concepts and methods.</li> <li>Assessing the extent to which the questions asked on statistics 10 examinations are stated within context and with reference to real world problems.</li> <li>Analysis of the type of questions (multiple-choice, true-false, word problems, and calculation problems) asked in the statistics 10 exams by level of challenge, context, and content taught.</li> </ul>