TY - JOUR
T1 - Perception of Importance and Anxiety about Learning Statistics Among University Students in Lima
AU - Montes-Iturrizaga, Iván
AU - Mena Chino, Wilfredo T.
AU - Manosalva Ruiz, Víctor R.
AU - Villalba-Condori, Klinge
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - This research was carried out with 270 students of a private university in the city of Lima (Peru) who were taking general education courses with the intention of finding out their perceptions regarding the importance of statistics and their anxiety about learning it. For this purpose, a brief questionnaire was elaborated with response selection items. Likewise, we were interested in knowing the (declared) anxiety generated by learning statistics. The results show that the variable type of degree area is significantly associated with the perception of the importance of statistics for professional practice, and that students of Engineering and Management valued this discipline more highly. On the other hand, statistical anxiety in women is much higher than in men.
AB - This research was carried out with 270 students of a private university in the city of Lima (Peru) who were taking general education courses with the intention of finding out their perceptions regarding the importance of statistics and their anxiety about learning it. For this purpose, a brief questionnaire was elaborated with response selection items. Likewise, we were interested in knowing the (declared) anxiety generated by learning statistics. The results show that the variable type of degree area is significantly associated with the perception of the importance of statistics for professional practice, and that students of Engineering and Management valued this discipline more highly. On the other hand, statistical anxiety in women is much higher than in men.
KW - statistical anxiety
KW - statistical perceptions
KW - statistics
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85194697880
SN - 1613-0073
VL - 3691
SP - 156
EP - 153
JO - CEUR Workshop Proceedings
JF - CEUR Workshop Proceedings
T2 - 2023 International Congress on Education and Technology in Sciences, CISETC 2023
Y2 - 4 December 2023 through 6 December 2023
ER -