Psychometric properties of the Statistics Anxiety Rating Scale

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2002-02-01

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Baloğlu, Mustafa

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The Statistics Anxiety Rating Scale has 51 items, each scored on a 5-point rating scale to measure statistics anxiety with six subscales, Worth of Statistics, Interpretation Anxiety, Test and Class Anxiety, Computational Self-concept, Fear of Asking for Help, and Fear of Statistics Teachers, Psychometric properties included analyses of construct and concurrent validities an internal consistency and test-retest reliability. 221 college students (74% women; M age=28 yr.) in elementary statistics courses at several southwestern state universities participated. The findings are consistent with previous reports and indicate adequate concurrent validity, internal consistency, and split-half reliability, but for construct validity confirmatory factor analysis yielded marginal support.

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Mathematics anxiety, İnventory, State

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37446

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PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS

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https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.90.1.315-325

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Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Article

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M. Baloğlu, “Psychometric properties of the Statistics Anxiety Rating Scale,” PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS, pp. 315–325, 2002, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/37446.