Denise Koh|Mohd Khairi Zawi
Statistics Anxiety among Postgraduate Students
National University of Malaysia|National University of Malaysia
postgraduate programmes research components require students take least one course research statisticsnot postgraduate programmes science based significant number postgraduate students social sciences taking statistics courses try complete postgraduate studiesas postgraduate students come varied backgrounds left school decade completed undergraduate studies postgraduate statistics course may one toughest teachthese students come course preconceived thoughts attitude would either increase anxiety towards statistics decrease anxietyprevious studies shown students reported high level statistics anxiety statistics courseunfortunately limited studies statistics anxiety malaysian postgraduate populationtherefore study aims determine level anxiety towards statistics among postgraduate studentthis study also aims explore factors associated statistics anxiety among postgraduate students faculty education ukmas secondary outcome study explores type evaluation preferred postgraduate students relation statistics courseall postgraduate students registered research statistics course faculty education national university malaysia study period invited participate studya total 141 students completed questionnaire included paperthis study found significant 217 students surveyed anxiety least one statistics anxiety domain either anxiety towards class activities attitude towards class attitude towards mathematics selfperception ability perform statisticsthis study found ethnicity associated higher anxiety towards class activities malays anxious compared nonmalaysboth ethnicity bachelors degree associated attitude towards class attitude towards mathematicsfor two domains male students students nonscience based bachelors degree showed anxiety compared female studentsselfperception ability perform statistics associated sociodemographic factors included studystudents study overwhelmingly preferred individual assignment evaluation method followed midsemester examination final semester examinationleast preferred online participation presentation