This study aims to unravel the perception of freshmen students on what are the aspects of perception and the factors that affect perceptions of freshmen students about the statistical subject. In fact, many freshmen students have a slight knowledge of the statistical subject, and that affects the perception of these freshmen students about the statistical subject. There are two types of perception, positive and negative perceptions. This study used a qualitative method with a descriptive approach. The setting was in Psychology Study Program of Lambung Mangkurat University. There were four participants in this study. Data collecting techniques were done by interview and observation. This study used coding for data analysis. Based on the data analysis, it was concluded that at the beginning of the lecture process, there were participants who had positive perceptions and there were participants who had negative perceptions of statistical subjects. However, in the end, all participants have positive perceptions of the statistical subject. This result is due to several factors that influence the perception of freshmen students about statistical subjects
