Worry, intolerance of uncertainty, and statistics anxiety

Statistics Education Research Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-59

  Williams, Amanda S ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic anxiety; Graduate students; Statistics education research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885715318     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15701824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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