Usani Joseph Ofem|Isaac Ubi Ofem|S. S. Akpan|Sylvia Victor Ovat|C. E. Nworgwugwu|Bernard Okoampah Otu|Cletus Akpo Atah
Development, Validation and Standardization of Instrument to Measure Statistical Literacy among Universities Undergraduates in Cross River State
University of Calabar|University of Calabar|University of Calabar|University of Calabar|University of Calabar|University of Calabar
study developed validated standardised statistical literacy test university undergraduates cross river state nigeria five research questions raised guide study study adopted instrumentation design stratified sampling technique used select total 753 respondents population 4705 students three instruments used collect data statistical literacy test slt statistical reasoning test srt statistical anxiety test sat descriptive statistics means simple percentages correlational analysis factor analytical technique used analyse data collected result showed 25 items survived last item assessment instrument found strong construct validity items correlation matrix positively correlated statistical literacy scale showed convergence statistical reasoning diverged statistical anxiety reliability instrument found high coefficients scale 081 077 078 respectively adjudged reliable based findings study concluded instrument valid reliable thus recommended students skills statistics computational aspect utilisation statistical knowledge statistics lecturers emphasise statistical literacy help students reason think statistically instrument widely distributed use researchers psychometriciansx0d x0d received 16 august 2022 accepted 28 october 2022 published 5 november 2022