Susiana, Arnah Ritonga, Katrina Samosir, Lely Priani
This study aims to describe the learning difficulties of students in the Sampling Technique Course in undergraduate program in mathematics Universitas Negeri Medan. The subject of this study is the students of undergraduate programme in mathematis on the sampling technique course for 2018/2019 school year. This research method is descriptive qualitative. The instruments used in this study included tests on the ability of sampling techniques, questionnaires and interviews. The results shows that: 1)The students have difficulty in terms of contents respectively: the two stage sampling, systematic sampling, cluster sampling, stratified sampling; 2) The students have difficulty in terms of the procedure of taking samples, rationality (concepts) underlying the estimation formula used, using estimation formulas in problem solving, choosing the right sampling method in problem solving; 3) The reasons of students why they have difficulty respectively: rarely study at home, Textbooks (teaching material) are difficult to understand, few learning resources and the other reasons. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Medan, Medan, North Sumatera, 20221, Indonesia
