Abstract
Lexical ambiguity arises when a word from everyday English is used differently, with a specific meaning, in a particular discipline, such as statistics. This paper reports on a project that studies the effect of such words within the context of extracts from scholarly articles on students’ ability to define lexically ambiguous words correctly and statistically. The effect of the tutor on students’ ability to overcome lexical ambiguity after a one semester introductory Statistics course is also studied.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2013 Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education |
| Editors | Manjula Sharma, Alexandra Young |
| Place of Publication | Sydney, Australia |
| Publisher | UniServe Science |
| Pages | 185-192 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Volume | 19 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780987183422 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Event | Uniserve Science - Canberra, Australia Duration: 19 Sept 2013 → 21 Sept 2013 |
Conference
| Conference | Uniserve Science |
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| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Canberra |
| Period | 19/09/13 → 21/09/13 |