Statistics anxiety in university students in assessment situations

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dc.contributor.authorFrias-Navarro D
dc.contributor.authorMonterde-i-Bort H
dc.contributor.authorNavarro-Gonzalez N
dc.contributor.authorMolina-Palomero O
dc.contributor.authorPascual-Soler M
dc.contributor.authorPerezgonzalez J
dc.contributor.authorLongobardi C
dc.contributor.editorDomenech J
dc.contributor.editorMerello P
dc.contributor.editorde la Poza E
dc.contributor.editorBlazquez D
dc.coverage.spatialUniversitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-26T02:16:23Z
dc.date.available2025-05-26T02:16:23Z
dc.date.finish-date2018-06-22
dc.date.issued2018
dc.date.start-date2018-06-20
dc.description.abstractMany students have feelings of state anxiety when taking exams, and these feelings probably affect their performance. Statistics courses have been identified as producing the most anxiety. The purpose of our study is to measure statistics anxiety throughout an academic course (pre-test and three assessments) in order to observe its change and analyze the relationship between statistics anxiety and academic achievement. The sample is composed of 30 Psychology students taking a course in research designs and statistics (26.7% men and 73.3% women) with a mean age of 20.31 years (SD = 3.76). The results show that the students begin with a high level of statistics anxiety that gradually declines as the course progresses and they study the course materials. Moreover, the final achievement in the subject maintains an inverse relationship with the level of statistics anxiety. The recommendation is to present the detailed contents of the teaching guide on the first day of the course in order to reduce students’ anxiety and uncertainty when beginning a statistics course. Financial support: Project UV-INV-AE17-698616. University of Valencia. Spain.
dc.description.confidentialfalse
dc.description.place-of-publicationValència, Spain
dc.format.pagination337-345
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dc.identifier.citationFrias-Navarro D, Monterde-i-Bort H, Navarro-Gonzalez N, Molina-Palomero O, Pascual-Soler M, Perezgonzalez J, Longobardi C. 2018-06-20 to 2018-06-22. Statistics anxiety in university students in assessment situations. 4th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’18). Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain.
dc.identifier.doi10.4995/HEAd18.2018.7990
dc.identifier.elements-typeconference
dc.identifier.isbn978-84-9048-690-0
dc.identifier.issn2603-5871
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/72944
dc.publisherEditorial Universitat Politècnica de València
dc.publisher.urihttp://ocs.editorial.upv.es/index.php/HEAD/HEAD18/paper/view/7990
dc.rights(c) The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.source.journal4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HIGHER EDUCATION ADVANCES (HEAD'18)
dc.source.name-of-conference4th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’18)
dc.subjectstatistics anxiety
dc.subjectacademic achievement
dc.subjecttrait anxiety
dc.titleStatistics anxiety in university students in assessment situations
dc.typeconference
pubs.elements-id440053
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