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Bakker, A., Gravemeijer, K.P.E. (2004). Learning to Reason About Distribution. In: Ben-Zvi, D., Garfield, J. (eds) The Challenge of Developing Statistical Literacy, Reasoning and Thinking. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2278-6_7
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