Sanet Coetzee|Pieter van der Merwe
&lt;img src="http://openjournals.net/files/pics/CEU.gif"/&gt; Industrial psychology students’ attitudes towards statistics
University of South Africa|University of South Africa
orientation attitude students toward statistics may influence enrolment achievement motivation subject research industrial psychologyresearch purpose aims study determine reliability validity survey attitudes toward statistics sats36 south african sample determine whether biographical variables influence students attitudesmotivation study students could better prepared guided course statistics known attitudes towards statisticsresearch design approach method crosssectional survey design used sats36 administered sample convenience consisting 235 students enrolled industrial organisational psychology large tertiary institution south africamain findings results revealed even though students perceive statistics technical complicated difficult master interested subject believe statistics value degree students perceived competent mathematics related degree felt confident ability master statistics males displayed slightly positive feelings toward statistics females older students perceived statistics less difficult younger students also displayed slightly positive feelings concerning statisticspractical implications seems preparing students statistics perception regarding mathematical competence could managed wellcontribution study provides first preliminary evidence reliability validity sats36 sample south african students