Numeracy Literacy Ability of High School Students in Solving Statistics Questions

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Numeracy literacy skills refer to an individual's ability to understand, interpret, and apply mathematical concepts, numbers, and data in everyday life to make appropriate decisions and solve practical problems. This study aims to describe the numeracy literacy abilities of class XII students of senior high schools in Ambon City in solving statistical problems using a qualitative descriptive research design. The data sources include the mathematics teacher and the students. The subjects, selected based on test results, consisted of 22 students. Data were collected through written tests containing three questions related to statistical material and interview results. The data were analyzed through data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing stages. The results show that high-performing students were able to meet all numeracy literacy skill indicators, students with moderate ability were unable to use various mathematical numbers or symbols to solve real-life problems and were unable to analyze information in various forms (graphs, tables, charts, diagrams, etc.), while low- performing students fail to meet all numeracy literacy skill indicators. Therefore, the numeracy literacy ability of the high school students was categorized as low, at 22.58%.