Magdalena Cladera|Francisco Rejón?Guardia|Gabriel Àngel Vich-I-Martorell|Catalina Juaneda
Tourism students’ Attitudes Toward Statistics
Universitat de les Illes Balears|Universitat de les Illes Balears|Universitat de les Illes Balears|Universitat de les Illes Balears
since tourism entered higher education statistical skills frequently included tourism curricula due recognition importance student training apart acknowledgement fact motivation paper conviction tourism students need statistical literacy understood acquisition knowledge tools statistical analysis development statistical reasoning since relevant students career however majority tourism students strong mathematical training show inclination quantitative methods context attitudes crucial learning process negative attitudes towards subject study often become obstacle effective learning common belief attitudes towards statistics negative paper focuses evaluating attitudes university students enrolled tourism management studies using selfadministered survey students degree tourism university balearic islands knowledge studies type related university major despite importance acquiring statistical skills tourism professionals survey instrument includes survey attitudes towards statistics sats along questions regarding demographic academic characteristics respondents exploratory factor analysis efa conducted sats items seeking identify underlying dimensions tourism students attitudes towards statistics relationship attitudinal components demographic academic characteristics students also investigated results recommendations emerge teaching learning well improvement attitudes towards statistics tourism studies particular social science degrees general