Efecto de la representación de la información en el nivel de alfabetización estadística de alumnos de Bachillerato en noticias falseadas

David Molina Muñoz; Ana Alcalá-Navarrete; José Miguel Contreras García; Elena Molina Portillo

doi:10.24197/st.2.2022.165-185

Authors

David Molina Muñoz Departamento de Didáctica de la Matemática, Universidad de Granada https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7139-9173
Ana Alcalá-Navarrete Departamento de Didáctica de la Matemática, Universidad de Granada
José Miguel Contreras García Departamento de Didáctica de la Matemática, Universidad de Granada https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6821-0563
Elena Molina Portillo Departamento de Didáctica de la Matemática, Universidad de Granada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24197/st.2.2022.165-185

Keywords:

statistical literacy, Baccalaureate, fake news, representation, information

Abstract

Currently, the impact of fake news has increased exponentially due, in part, to the ease with which it can be disseminated through social networks. This makes young people, the majority users of social networks, the group most exposed to this type of news, which usually includes numerical information represented in different ways. The aim of this work is to study the effect of the representation (frequency, graph, percentage or probability) in which certain biased information is presented on the level of statistical literacy of Baccalaureate students. The results show a low level of statistical literacy of the students regardless of the form in which the information is given, with a slight improvement in the case in which the information is presented in the form of frequency.

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