Concepções de estudantes que concluíram o ensino fundamental sobre a importância da estatística para compreensão do mundo atual.

Abstract

Statistics in the contemporary world are becoming increasingly important to understand the world we surround. Thus, the objective of this study was to identify the conceptions of the youngsters who completed Primary Education, about the importance of statistical literacy for understanding current issues. The research was developed in the School full citizen professor José Gonçalves de Queiroz, with some students of the 1st year of High School. The data collection was performed through the application of a semi-structured questionnaire, with 24 students in which they answered 14 questions. In the methodology was used the qualitative research, whose concern focuses more on the process than on the product, with special attention focused on the participants' point of view. It was found in the research that students have some conceptions about statistics for understanding the current issues of the current world, I believe they make use of in their day to day often do not even know they are