How Sensory Preference Learning Styles Affect Statistical Literacy ?

Abstract

Statistical Literacy is described as the ability to read and write, often associated with arithmetic. The indicators of statistical literacy used are understanding statistical concepts, analyzing, interpreting, drawing conclusions. There are many factors that cause low statistical literacy, one of the factors that needs to be considered to improve learning outcomes is learning style. This study aims to describe and analyze students' statistical literacy based on learning styles (auditory, visual, and kinesthetic). This study uses a mixed method approach with a sequential explanatory design and involves 66 students. The quantitative part of this study uses multiple linear regression tests. To test the effect of visual, auditory, kinesthetic learning styles on statistical literacy. Furthermore, qualitative research was conducted to thoroughly test its influence through in-depth interviews. The results of this study indicate that visual, auditory, kinesthetic learning styles have an effect on statistical literacy (R = 0.658; p = 0.00) and contribute 43.3% based on the R-Square value. In addition, this study found differences in the performance of subjects with visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles. And the subject of visual and auditory learning styles is more influential than kinesthetic learning styles. Auditory learning style tend not to complete statistical literacy questions to completion. Students only fulfill the stage of understanding the concept of all statistical literacy indicators, while at the stage of analyzing, interpreting questions, making decisions, students have not been able to fulfill the domain of statistical literacy indicator. Visual learning style tend to complete statistical literacy questions to completion. Students at the stage of understanding the concept of all domain indicators fulfill the domain of statistical literacy, analyzing, interpreting questions, making decisions.