Factors affecting undergraduate performance in statistics: A review of the literature


Book: 
Annual Meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association
Authors: 
Zimmer, J. C., & Fuller, D. K.
Category: 
Year: 
1996
Place: 
Tuscaloosa, AL
Abstract: 

This paper reviews the literature on factors affecting students' performance in undergraduate statistics courses for the social sciences. Factors studied include anxiety, attitude, computer experience, and gender identity.

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

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