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Jolliffe, F. (2005). Assessing Probabilistic Thinking and Reasoning. In: Jones, G.A. (eds) Exploring Probability in School. Mathematics Education Library, vol 40. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-24530-8_14
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