Abraham Ayebo|Jered Bright|Christian Ballam
Examining the Factor Structure of the Survey of Attitudes Towards Statistics among Undergraduate Health Science Students
University of Minnesota Rochester|University of Minnesota Rochester|University of Minnesota Rochester
recent studies report students attitudes toward statistics play important role statistics achievementthe goal study test psychometric properties survey attitudes towards statistics sats28 among undergraduate health science students enrolled introductory statistics coursemost students held positive attitudes towards statisticsthe average sats scores neutralconfirmatory factor analysis validated fourfactor structure questionnaire affect cognitive competence value difficulty albeit modificationsthe rmsea value 0065 suggested cutoff 007cronbachs alpha entire scale 907which well recommended cutoff value 07the study provided evidence appropriate metric properties sats28 valid instrument measuring statistics attitudes sample first year students university minnesota rochester