2020 Volume 44 Issue 1 Pages 115-125
The purpose of this research is to clarify the structure of critical thinking attitude of statistical literacy and what critical thinking skills are related to statistical literacy skills. Firstly, questionnaire surveys were conducted, and developed the scale of attitudes composed of three factors: "interest in numbers and data," "skeptic / multiple eyes," and "interaction with others." Next, the questionnaire surveys that include the test to measure the skills of statistical literacy, Cornell Critical Thinking Tests, and the scale mentioned above were conducted and examined their correlation. The results showed a positive correlation between the scores of statistical literacy and the scores of all critical thinking skills. However, there was no significant correlation between the scores of statistical literacy and the scales' scores. Therefore, it's considered that even if we have critical thinking attitude of statistical literacy, we cannot always interpret properly statistical information.
