Exploring Investigation of the Impact of Studying Statistics at Enhancing Mathematical Skills during Years of Faculty
Abstract
Subject of statistics has always known as field related to mathematics and because statistics is commonly taught in schools as part of the mathematics curriculum, it is regarded as a mathematical. In Salahaddin University, entering to department of statistics is limited to students who graduated from science department at high school. Thus, we anticipating students with good knowledge in mathematical level. Students from all stages of the department were encouraged to participate in the exam and their scores were recorded. The objective of this study are to explore whether there is substantial difference between male and female as well as to discover whether the more higher stages enhance their mathematical level of knowledge. Normality test was done on the dataset and if failed to meet it, non-parametric test such as Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis test at significant level 0.05.
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