Jurnal Riset Pendidikan dan Inovasi Pembelajaran Matematika (JRPIPM)
Vol 4, No 1 (2020): JRPIPM September 2020 Volume 4 Nomor 1

How is the Statistical Literacy of Upper Secondary Students Based on Gender Differences?

Risqi, Erlyanna Nur (Unknown)
Ekawati, Rooselyna (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Sep 2020

Abstract

The study aimed to describe the statistical literacy of upper secondary student based on gender differences. There are a gap between female sex is not necessarily feminine and conversely male students are not necessarily masculine, there is a possibility that the person is of type androgyny or indistinguishable. The study was conducted in four students with different gender type that is masculine type, feminine type, androgynous type, and indistinguished type. Data was collected using the Statistical Literacy Test, developed based on the statistical framework about statistical literacy ability with indicator of understanding data, interpreting data, and communicating data. The result with quantitave and qualitative research revealed significant differences statistical literacy based on gender differences. In this study shows that the feminine type has the highest statistical literacy skill between other gender types in understanding data, interpreting data, and communicating data. In understanding data, the feminine type can read data and supported with arguments that are easily understood. In interpreting data, feminine type are able to make predictions of future possibilities, can determine the value of increase and decrease in data, able to think critically about the data presented and able to make conclusions based on the data. But, in communicating data feminine type make mistakes in changing the shape of data from graphs to table forms. Then, statistical literacy ability followed by androgynous type. Then, the lowest statistical ability in the masculine type and the cannot be distinguished type.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jrpipm

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Subject

Education Mathematics Social Sciences

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Jurnal Riset Pendidikan dan Inovasi Pembelajaran Matematika (JRPIPM) is a peer-refereed open-access journal which has been established for the dissemination of state-of-the-art knowledge in the field of mathematics education both theory and practice. This Journal is published periodically twice a ...