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Chapter 5 - Why Culture Matters in Teaching Statistics

from Research and Statistics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2018

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Susan A. Nolan  and
Andrew F. Simon
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Kenneth D. Keith
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Culture across the Curriculum
A Psychology Teacher's Handbook
 , pp. 115 - 133
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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