This study analyzes the relationship between the entry path to a degree and the prior statistical competence of students taking a Statistics and Probability course at an online university. We assessed students’ prior knowledge by administering a pretest of the information covered in the course analyzed. The sample includes 108 students from different schools of an online university. According to the statistical analysis, students have certain difficulty understanding some concepts related to Probability and Descriptive Statistics, and the entry path affects the students’ understanding of these concepts.

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评估在线大学学生的统计学先验知识

本研究分析了在线大学攻读统计学和概率课程的学生进入学位的路径与先前的统计能力之间的关系。我们通过对所分析课程中涵盖的信息进行预测试来评估学生的先验知识。样本包括来自在线大学不同学校的108名学生。根据统计分析，学生在理解与概率统计和描述统计有关的某些概念时有一定的困难，并且录入路径会影响学生对这些概念的理解。