Statistics achievement: A function of attitudes and related experiences


Book: 
American Educational Research Association
Authors: 
Elmore, P. B, Lewis, E. L., & Bay, M. L. G.
Category: 
Year: 
1993
Place: 
Atlanta, GA
Abstract: 

The effects of previous mathematics, statistics, and computer science coursework; attitudes toward statistics and computers; and mathematics ability on statistics achievement were studied for 289 college students over four semesters. A secondary purpose of the study was to determine the effect of the computer laboratory component of an inferential statistics class on students' end of course attitudes. No statistically significant differences were found between students taught with a computer laboratory and those taught without the computer component for attitudes toward statistics, but those taught by computer exhibited more positive attitudes toward the computer and less statistical anxiety at the end of the course.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education