Experts’ Misinterpretation of Box Plots – a Dual Processing Approach
Recent studies have shown that students often misinterpret the area of the box in box plots as representing the frequency or proportion of observations in that interval, while it actually represents density. This misinterpretation has been shown to be based on the saliency of this area and can be ex...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2014-11-01
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| Series: | Psychologica Belgica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.psychologicabelgica.com/articles/219 |