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Williams, Amanda – Journal of Statistics Education, 2014
The purpose of the current research was to investigate the relationship between preference for numerical information (PNI), math self-concept, and six types of statistics anxiety in an attempt to establish support for the nomological validity of the PNI. Correlations indicate that four types of statistics anxiety were strongly related to PNI, and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Preferences, Self Concept, Mathematics Skills
Marsh, Herbert W.; And Others – 1981
The Self Description Questionnaire (SDQ) is a multidimensional instrument designed to measure seven facets of self-concept hypothesized in Shavelson's hierarchical model. Fifth and sixth grade students completed the SDQ and several other instruments. Factor analysis of their responses clearly demonstrated the seven factors that the SDQ was…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Reading Achievement
Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Lee, Frances Laimui – 1997
The Verbal, Mathematics, Academic, and General self-concept scales of the Self Description Questionnaire (SDQII) (H. Marsh, 1990, 1993) were translated into Chinese and administered to high school students in China (N=493). Item scale correlations and reliability coefficients were good (alphas=0.85, 0.91, 0.87, and 0.86 respectively). Confirmatory…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chinese, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries