Attitudes Toward Statistics Among Swiss Psychology Students

被引:7
作者
Zimprich, Daniel [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany
来源
SWISS JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY | 2012年 / 71卷 / 03期
关键词
attitudes toward statistics; statistics achievement; confirmatory factor analysis; ANXIETY; GENDER; ACHIEVEMENT; PERFORMANCE; INVARIANCE; VALIDATION; SCALE;
D O I
10.1024/1421-0185/a000082
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Students' attitude toward statistics plays an important role in their statistics achievement. The present research tests the factorial structure and predictors as well as outcomes of the Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics in a sample of 346 Swiss psychology students. A confirmatory factor analysis validated the four-factor structure of the questionnaire (Affect, Cognitive Competence, Value, and Difficulty). Last math grade and sex were predictors of students' attitude toward statistics, which in turn explained 30% of the variance in statistics achievement. The results demonstrate the importance of students' feelings and opinions about statistics, over and above competence variables.
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页数:7
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