DOI: 10.5176/2251-1865_CBP15.04
Authors: Peter K. H. Chew and Denise B. Dillon
Abstract:
The purpose of the current study was to examine the relationship between statistics anxiety and attitudes toward statistics. Participants were 204 (78.9{6e6090cdd558c53a8bc18225ef4499fead9160abd3419ad4f137e902b483c465} females) undergraduates in the James Cook University Psychology (97.1{6e6090cdd558c53a8bc18225ef4499fead9160abd3419ad4f137e902b483c465}) or Business (2.9{6e6090cdd558c53a8bc18225ef4499fead9160abd3419ad4f137e902b483c465}) programs at the Singapore (71.1{6e6090cdd558c53a8bc18225ef4499fead9160abd3419ad4f137e902b483c465}) or Australia (28.9{6e6090cdd558c53a8bc18225ef4499fead9160abd3419ad4f137e902b483c465}) campuses. Bivariate correlations between the two constructs ranged from -0.26 to -0.45, suggesting that attitudes toward statistics is a related, but distinct construct from statistics anxiety. Canonical correlation analysis revealed that Attitudes toward Course was negatively correlated with all three factors of statistics anxiety. Practical implications include implementing interventions to improve students’ attitudes before they embark on statistics courses.
Keywords: statistics anxiety; attitudes toward statistics; canonical correlation analysis
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