Statistics Courses and Adult Learners: Assessing Potential Problems.

Fenster, Mark J.

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ERIC Number: EJ466452

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Publication Date: 1992

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Statistics Courses and Adult Learners: Assessing Potential Problems.

Fenster, Mark J.

Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, v14 n1 p11-22 1992

Before a statistics course, 49 adults completed the Wide Range Achievement Test-Revised (WRAT-R). Test performance (aptitude) and course performance correlated, but the WRAT-R made prediction errors 35% of the time. Students with negative attitudes about statistics performed more poorly in the course. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Students, Aptitude, Diagnostic Tests, Higher Education, Mathematics Anxiety, Negative Attitudes, Predictive Validity, Statistics

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wide Range Achievement Test

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