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Anxiety and Stereotyped Beliefs about Statistics.
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Wolfe, Mary L. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1978
Measures of anxiety toward statistics and belief in certain stereotypes about statistics were administered to graduate students in nursing and education at the beginning and end of a statistics course. Factor analysis showed three dimensions of negative perceptions. Anxiety decreased during the course. Implications for curriculum evaluation are…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Mathematics Anxiety
A Comparison of Two Scales Measuring Attitudes Towards Statistics.
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Roberts, Dennis M.; Reese, Clyde M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1987
To investigate the claim that the Statistics Attitude Survey (SAS) contains a number of achievement-related items rather than attitude-related items, the SAS and the Attitudes Toward Statistics (ATS) were administered to 280 introductory statistics students. Results showed similarities between the tests. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Comparative Testing, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
A Model of Statistics Achievement Using Spatial Ability, Feminist Attitudes and Mathematics-Related Variables as Predictors.
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Elmore, Patricia B.; Vasu, Ellen Storey – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
A number of measures were examined as predictors of graduate students' achievement in inferential statistics courses. The most important predictor variable set was attitudes toward feminist issues. Other predictors included mathematics attitude and masculinity-femininity. Sex-related differences were found on all variables except verbal and…
Descriptors: Feminism, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Mathematics Achievement