Rehan Sadiq, Yehuda Kleiner, Balvant Rajani
Water quality failures in distribution networks-risk analysis using fuzzy logic and evidential reasoning
Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis
knowledge statistics highly important research scholars expected submit thesis based original research part phd program statistics play major role analysis interpretation scientific data intensive training beginning phd programme essential phd coursework mandatory universities higher education institutes india study aimed compare scores knowledge statistics attitudes towards statistics among research scholars institute medical higher education south india different time points phd ie soon 23 years coursework determine whether intensive training programs phd coursework change knowledge attitudes toward statistics one hundred thirty research scholars completed phd coursework last three years invited email part study knowledge attitudes toward statistics soon coursework already assessed part coursework module knowledge attitudes towards statistics 23 years coursework assessed using google forms participation voluntary informed consent also sought knowledge attitude scores improved significantly subsequent coursework ie soon percentage change 77 43 respectively however significant reduction knowledge attitude scores 23 years coursework compared scores soon coursework knowledge attitude scores decreased 10 37 respectively study concluded coursework program beneficial improving research scholars knowledge attitudes toward statistics refresher program 23 years coursework would greatly benefit research scholars statistics educators must empathetic understanding scholars anxiety attitudes toward statistics influence learning outcomes