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APA

Saidi, S. S., & Siew, N. M. (2019). Assessing Students’ Understanding of the Measures of Central Tendency and Attitude towards Statistics in Rural Secondary Schools. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 14(1), 73-86. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3968

Vancouver

Saidi SS, Siew NM. Assessing Students’ Understanding of the Measures of Central Tendency and Attitude towards Statistics in Rural Secondary Schools. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2019;14(1):73-86. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3968

AMA

Saidi SS, Siew NM. Assessing Students’ Understanding of the Measures of Central Tendency and Attitude towards Statistics in Rural Secondary Schools. INT ELECT J MATH ED. 2019;14(1), 73-86. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3968

Chicago

Saidi, Siti Shahirah, and Nyet Moi Siew. "Assessing Students’ Understanding of the Measures of Central Tendency and Attitude towards Statistics in Rural Secondary Schools". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 2019 14 no. 1 (2019): 73-86. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3968

Harvard

Saidi, S. S., and Siew, N. M. (2019). Assessing Students’ Understanding of the Measures of Central Tendency and Attitude towards Statistics in Rural Secondary Schools. International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 14(1), pp. 73-86. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3968

MLA

Saidi, Siti Shahirah et al. "Assessing Students’ Understanding of the Measures of Central Tendency and Attitude towards Statistics in Rural Secondary Schools". International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, vol. 14, no. 1, 2019, pp. 73-86. https://doi.org/10.12973/iejme/3968