Talip Gönülal
An Investigation of the Predictors of Statistical Literacy in Second Language Acquisition
Erzincan University
use statistics second language acquisition sla research increased past 3040 years continues increase complexity sophistication gass 2009loewen gass 2009the increased use statistical procedures drawn attention current state statistical literacy among second language l2 researchersstatistical literacy critical skill acquire parts producers consumers l2 researchhowever relatively new research topic fieldso little known regarding factors play key roles development statistical literacytherefore study attempted investigate predictors statistical literacy slaone hundred twenty sla doctoral students took statistical background questionnaire disciplinespecific statistics surveya series multiple regression analyses conducted statistics survey datathe results indicated number statistics courses taken quantitative research orientation selftraining statistics significant predictors statistical literacyin light findings study several suggestions directed toward improving statistical literacy field sla made