Publication Date
In 2024 | 0 |
Since 2023 | 0 |
Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 3 |
Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 4 |
Descriptor
Foreign Countries | 4 |
Statistics | 4 |
Anxiety | 3 |
Psychology | 3 |
Self Concept | 3 |
Undergraduate Students | 3 |
Correlation | 2 |
Majors (Students) | 2 |
Mathematics Skills | 2 |
Mathematics Tests | 2 |
Predictor Variables | 2 |
More ▼ |
Source
Psychology Teaching Review | 4 |
Author
Bourne, Victoria J. | 4 |
Nesbit, Rachel J. | 2 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 4 |
Reports - Research | 4 |
Education Level
Higher Education | 4 |
Postsecondary Education | 4 |
Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
United Kingdom | 4 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
State Trait Anxiety Inventory | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Nesbit, Rachel J.; Bourne, Victoria J. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2018
Statistics anxiety is extremely common in undergraduate psychology students. The Statistics Anxiety Rating Scale (STARS) is at present the most widely used measure to assess statistics anxiety, measuring six distinct scales: test and class anxiety, interpretation anxiety, fear of asking for help, worth of statistics, fear of statistics teachers…
Descriptors: Statistics, Anxiety, Undergraduate Students, Psychology
Bourne, Victoria J.; Nesbit, Rachel J. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2018
Statistics anxiety has often been linked to performance in statistics modules for psychology students, despite this no research to date has examined whether attitudes towards statistics can predict whether or not a student chooses to carry on psychology from pre-tertiary to higher education. In this pilot study 41 second year A-level psychology…
Descriptors: Statistics, Student Attitudes, Decision Making, Anxiety
Bourne, Victoria J. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2018
Statistics anxiety is experienced by a large number of psychology students, and previous research has examined a range of potential correlates, including academic performance, mathematical ability and psychological predictors. These varying predictors are often considered separately, although there may be shared variance between them. In the…
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Skills, Academic Ability, Student Attitudes
Bourne, Victoria J. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2014
Research methods and statistical analysis is typically the least liked and most anxiety provoking aspect of a psychology undergraduate degree, in large part due to the mathematical component of the content. In this first cycle of a piece of action research, students' mathematical ability is examined in relation to their performance across…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Predictor Variables, Statistics, Action Research