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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Importance of Attitudes in Statistics Education
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Ramirez, Caroline; Schau, Candace; Emmioglu, Esma – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2012
People forget what they do not use. But attitudes "stick." Our article emphasizes the importance of students' attitudes toward statistics. We examine 15 surveys that purport to assess these attitudes and then describe the "Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics," a commonly used attitude survey. We present our conceptual model of Students'…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Student Attitudes, Statistics, Mathematics Instruction
Do Introductory Statistics Courses in the United States Improve Students' Attitudes?
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Schau, Candace; Emmioglu, Esma – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2012
We examined the attitudes of about 2200 students enrolled in 101 sections of post-secondary introductory statistics service courses located across the United States. Using the "Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics-36," we assessed students' attitudes when they entered and left their courses, as well as changes in attitudes across their courses.…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Statistics, Introductory Courses