Individual differences in statistics anxiety among students in Singapore

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Chew, Kia Hong Peter;Dillon, Denise
Denise Dillon
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The purpose of the current study was to explore statistics anxiety among students in Singapore and the effect of individual differences on statistics anxiety. Participants were 65 psychology undergraduates (64% female) enrolled in two statistics courses at James Cook University, Singapore campus. A series of t-tests revealed that the current sample reported significantly lower statistics anxiety than the UK sample but higher statistics anxiety than samples from China and Austria. MANOVA revealed a significant interaction effect between gender and prior statistics experience for the Computation Self-Concept Factor of statistics anxiety. Practical implications, limitations, and future research directions are discussed.

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ICMAC 2013: International Conference on Managing the Asian Century

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978-981-4560-61-0

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Singapore

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Springer

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10.1007/978-981-4560-61-0_33