Carmen León–Mantero|José Carlos Casas?Rosal|Alexander Maz–Machado|Miguel E. Villarraga Rico
Analysis of attitudinal components towards statistics among students from different academic degrees
University of Córdoba|University of Córdoba|University of Córdoba|University of Tolima
despite important position academic scientific fields well daily life statistics subject generates negative attitudes within disciplines college curriculum paper proposes method analysing different students attitudes toward statistics using paired anova tests comparing components groups discriminant analysis application measuring discriminant power different components method applied sample 145 teachers training university xxx studying degrees spanish english social sciences mathematics 20162017 academic year pedagogic anthropologic components established using estradas scale attitudes toward statistics eaee students characterized scale results show higher scores mainly instrumental components lesser extent cognitive social components students majoring mathematics furthermore cognitive component strongly characterizes students working toward degree social sciences suggests perceive statistics reliable subject aware utility facing problems everyday life information obtained study used devise strategies lead improvement future teachers attitudes toward statistics would turn improve performance future students