Individual differences in statistics anxiety among college students

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 855-865

  Baloǧlu, Mustafa ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Statistical anxiety rating scale; Statistics anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037393698     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(02)00076-4     Document Type: Article

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