The structure of the statistics anxiety rating scale: A confirmatory factor analysis using UK psychology students

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-74

  Hanna, Donncha ^a   Shevlin, Mark ^b   Dempster, Martin ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; STARS; Statistical attitudes; Statistics anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 42649098554     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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