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Statistics Anxiety

2021
This study focuses on the psychometric properties of the Romanian adaptation of the Statistics Anxiety Rating Scale (STARS), one of the instruments of choice in the measurement of statistics anxiety.
Ion, Andrei, Miulescu, Amalia, Dragos Iliescu, Gorbanescu, Adrian   +3 more
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Measuring Statistics Anxiety

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2011
The aim of the research was to test the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Vigil-Colet et al.’s Statistical Anxiety Scale (SAS), taking into account evidences based on (a) internal structure (factorial structure and cross-country invariance) and (b) relationships to other variables (the statistics anxiety’s nomological network ...
CHIESI, FRANCESCA, PRIMI, CATERINA, J. Carmona   +2 more
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Perfectionism and statistics anxiety

Personality and Individual Differences, 1999
Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between perfectionism and statistics anxiety, using a multivariate approach. Participants were 107 students enrolled in graduate-level research methodology courses. A canonical correlation analysis revealed that graduate students who hold unrealistic standards for significant ...
Anthony J Onwuegbuzie, Christine E Daley
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Statistics Anxiety and Attitudes Toward Statistics

4th Annual International Conference on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology (CBP 2015), 2015
The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationship between statistics anxiety and attitudes toward statistics. Participants were 204 (78.9% females) undergraduates in the James Cook University Psychology (97.1%) or Business (2.9%) programs at the Singapore (71.1%) or Australia (28.9%) campuses.
Peter K. H. Chew, Denise B. Dillon
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Statistics anxiety, state anxiety during an examination, and academic achievement

British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
Background A large proportion of students identify statistics courses as the most anxiety‐inducing courses in their curriculum. Many students feel impaired by feelings of state anxiety in the examination and therefore probably show lower achievements ...
Daniel, Macher, Manuela, Paechter, Ilona, Papousek, Kai, Ruggeri, H Harald, Freudenthaler, Martin, Arendasy   +5 more
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Statistics anxiety, trait anxiety, learning behavior, and academic performance

European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2011
The present study investigated the relationship between statistics anxiety, individual characteristics (e.g., trait anxiety and learning strategies), and academic performance. Students enrolled in a statistics course in psychology (N = 147) filled in a questionnaire on statistics anxiety, trait anxiety, interest in statistics, mathematical self-concept,
Daniel Macher, Manuela Paechter, Ilona Papousek, Kai Ruggeri   +3 more
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“Statistics Anxiety” Among Sociology Majors

Teaching Sociology, 2007
Helping students overcome their "statistics anxiety" has become an important part and explicit objective of social statistics courses. This relatively new trend is reflected most clearly in recently published statistics textbooks and in Teaching Sociology articles.
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Statistics support and anxiety explored

Teaching Mathematics and its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA
Abstract Most higher education institutions in the UK now offer some form of additional individual support for mathematics and statistics. Whilst numerous studies have shown mathematics support can improve grades and reduce failure rates, there is a lack of research on other outcomes of interest such as anxiety or confidence, and very ...
Ellen Marshall, Anna Riach, Amanda Shaker, Peter Rowlett   +3 more
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Academic procrastination and statistics anxiety

Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2004
Statistics anxiety, which is experienced by as many as 80% of graduate students, has been found to debilitate performance in statistics and research methodology courses. As such, it is likely that statistics anxiety is, in part, responsible for many students delaying enrollment in these courses for as long as possible.
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Role of Hope in Predicting Anxiety about Statistics

Psychological Reports, 1998
Hope is defined as a cognitive set which consists of level of goal-directed determination (agency) and propensity to plan ways to achieve goals (pathways). This study investigated whether hope was related to anxiety about statistics. Participants were 109 graduate students from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds enrolled in courses on statistics ...
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