Statistics anxiety and instructor immediacy

Journal of Statistics Education

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Williams, Amanda S ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Graduate student anxiety.; Psychological support

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955501042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10691898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2010.11889495     Document Type: Article

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